I think the best tool is the bovie.
For those not in the know, a bovie is an electrosurgical device that uses step-up voltage and alternating current to create a stream of electricity that heats tissue at the point of the instrument to 750 degrees F. Hot enough to stop bleeding, cut through skin, and create a smokey plume for the JMS to corral with the suction.
It's pretty neat, and ubiquitous. I think for how much it gets used, there should be more said about the bovie. Popular media is letting us down! The age of the scalpel is over, long live the bovie!
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