Sklar Fahlbusch Scissor Forceps, Curved on Flat
A neurosurgical instrument combining scissor and forceps action in one tool, with a horizontal, curved on flat cutting design for confined surgical spaces.
The Sklar Fahlbusch Scissor Forceps combines the cutting action of a scissors with the grasping function of a forceps in a single instrument, letting a neurosurgeon cut and hold a piece of tissue in one motion rather than switching between two separate instruments during a delicate step of the procedure.
Its horizontal cutting action and curved on flat blade design are suited to the confined surgical corridors typical of skull base and pituitary surgery, where instrument exchanges take extra time and can disturb an already narrow field of view. Combination instruments like this are particularly valued in minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgical approaches, where reducing the number of instrument passes through a narrow surgical corridor is a practical benefit.
It is used by neurosurgeons during transsphenoidal and related skull base procedures where fine tissue needs to be both grasped and divided with precision. As a stainless steel instrument, it is designed for the careful cleaning and sterilisation appropriate to fine neurosurgical instruments and for continued reuse across procedures.
