Spatulated Blade Breast Dissectors – Non‑Insulated & Insulated Shaft

Spatulated Blade Breast Dissectors for Atraumatic Breast Surgery

Spatulated Blade Breast Dissectors are specialized plastic surgery instruments used to perform gentle, broad-surface tissue dissection during breast augmentation, reduction, and reconstructive breast procedures. Featuring flat, spatula-shaped blades, they allow surgeons to separate tissue planes smoothly while distributing pressure to help minimize localized trauma and bruising. These dissectors are available in multiple working lengths, including 22cm and 33cm, as well as designs with 42cm overall length and 30cm working length, providing flexible reach for submammary, areolar and axillary approaches in a wide range of patient anatomies. Manufactured by Adas Instruments from high-quality stainless steel, each dissector is built for durability, precise handling, and compatibility with standard hospital sterilization protocols.

Non-Insulated and Insulated Shaft Options

Spatulated Blade Breast Dissectors from Adas Instruments are offered with both non-insulated and insulated shaft designs to match different surgical techniques and energy use. Non-insulated shafts are ideal for conventional dissection where no electrosurgical energy is applied directly through the instrument. Insulated shafts, by contrast, allow safe integration with electrosurgical units in appropriate setups, helping to protect surrounding tissues from unintended current flow while maintaining the same familiar blade geometry and handling. This combination of shaft options enables surgeons to standardize their dissection technique across cosmetic and oncologic breast procedures while maintaining flexibility in how energy devices are used.

Surgical Applications

• Breast augmentation procedures require atraumatic preparation and refinement of the implant pocket.
• Breast reduction and mastopexy where broad, controlled tissue dissection is needed.
• Reconstructive breast surgery involving shaping and leveling of the implant or flap beds.
• Submammary, areolar, and axillary approaches benefit from long-reach spatulated dissectors, including 42cm length with 30cm working length for deep access.
• Oncologic and revisional breast procedures, where insulated shaft dissectors are preferred for electrosurgically assisted dissection.

People also ask

Q: What are Spatulated Blade Breast Dissectors used for?
A: Spatulated Blade Breast Dissectors are used to gently dissect and mobilize breast tissue, prepare implant pockets and shape breast beds in augmentation, reduction and reconstructive breast surgery, using a broad, flat blade for atraumatic tissue separation.

Q: Why choose a spatulated blade instead of a narrow breast dissector?
A: A spatulated blade spreads pressure over a wider area than a narrow dissector, enabling smooth, sweeping dissection while helping reduce localized tissue trauma, contour irregularities and bruising in the breast and chest wall region.

Q: When should I use 22cm versus 33cm or 42cm spatulated blade breast dissectors?
A: Shorter working lengths such as 22cm are useful for more superficial or localized dissection, while 33cm and 42cm designs with longer working lengths provide better access for axillary, submammary and deep chest wall dissection, particularly in larger patients or more extensive procedures.

Q: What is the benefit of insulated shafts on spatulated blade breast dissectors?
A: Insulated shafts allow these breast dissectors to be used safely in combination with electrosurgical units in suitable setups, helping to control energy delivery and protect surrounding tissues from unintended current, while maintaining the same familiar handling as non-insulated versions.

Technical Specifications

Surgeons using Spatulated Blade Breast Dissectors often also work with the Solz Atraumatic Breast Dissector and Silverstein Breast Dissector for related breast dissection and pocket creation tasks, and you can see our other instruments for breast surgery in the breast dissectors and spreaders and breast surgery instruments categories.