https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/30552/sentence-confusing-me-in-article-on-limb-amputation &quot; When dissecting vessels, blunt dissection using right-angle forceps should be used in a parallel orientation to the long axis of the vasculature ( Figure B ).&quot; from: https://www.cliniciansbrief.com/article/canine-pelvic-limb-amputation (free registrationen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240556?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:12:22 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3a424361-3cb2-4462-bf60-0f7f740435c5Beats<p>Thanks! Makes total sense now :-)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240555?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:27:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:438eba0f-40c2-408d-9550-69160b59b126Stephen Ashman<p>I think it means the tips open and close parallel to the vessels, so necessarily the forceps as a whole instrument are perpendicular.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>