Surgical instruments and methods of use

A surgical instrument comprising:

• first and second halves coupled together at a pivot so that the first and second halves each define a handle portion at a proximal end of the instrument and a functional portion at a distal end of the instrument with the pivot therebetween, the functional portions of the first and second halves together defining a functional end of the instrument that terminates at a blunt distal end of each of the first and second halves;
• scissors disposed in the functional end adjacent the pivot and defined by complementary scissor features of the first and second halves;
• a base section disposed in the functional end between the scissors and the blunt distal ends of the first and second halves, the base section comprising first clamping means defined by complementary first clamping features of the first and second halves;
• a tapering section disposed in the functional end between the first clamping means and the blunt distal ends of the first and second halves, the tapering section comprising gripping means defined by opposing serrated features on each of the first and second halves;
• opposing first and second tips defined respectively by the first and second halves and disposed in the functional end between the tapering section and the blunt distal ends of the first and second halves, the first and second tips comprising second clamping means defined by complementary second clamping features of the first and second halves;
• and
• a single hook means within the functional end and defined by the first and second tips terminating with first and second hooks, respectively, that define the blunt distal ends of the first and second halves, respectively, each of the first and second hooks defining an opposing half of the blunt distal ends of the first and second halves, the first and second hooks being mirror images of each other so that the first and second hooks together define the single hook means and the single hook means defines an arc of greater than 90 degrees but is less than 180 degrees for retraction of anatomical structures and capturing internal organs.