Systems and methods for a multifunction surgical apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical separator comprises: a base a plurality of separation tongs each movably coupled to the base at their proximal end, wherein the tongs have distal ends each having a blunt profile a cable coupled to the base, the cable including an optical fiber, where the base is arrange to position the optical fiber to aim an optical energy beam from the optical fiber out from the base and between the tongs at a centered point between the distal ends wherein the cable further includes at least one element providing a control signal that controls operation of the tongs to move between and open position and a closed position wherein when the distal ends of each of the tongs are positioned together into the closed position, the exterior profile of the tongs forms a wedge shape having a tip where the tongs meet.
