sharp dissection

This is contrasted to sharp dissection employing scalpels, scissors or electrosurgery.

His attempt to talk him into collaborating dissolves into a hilarious muddle that does not blunt the play's sharp dissection of class distinction under Communism.

As the name indicates, it is performed by visualising the prostate through the urethra and removing tissue by electrocautery or sharp dissection.

Scalpels and scissors allow for sharp dissection where tissue is cut, i.e. the biceps brachii muscle was removed from the specimen by cutting the origin and insertion with a scalpel blade.

Locus Online's Lois Tilton called it "crazy stuff, a lot of fun, and a sharp dissection of Hollywood trends" but notes "there is also cruelty here, a heartless milieu run by the shallow and self-absorbed."