A gripping tool for extracting a pin during a surgical procedure, the gripping tool including: two lever arms, each arm having a nose end and a handle end, the two lever arms joined together proximate to but spaced apart from the nose end by a bridging portion, the bridging portion including a central fulcrum region the nose ends of each the lever arms having one or more teeth adapted to interlock with the one or more teeth of the other lever arm each nose end having a longitudinal aperture therein extending through the interlocking teeth adapted, in use, to align and receive the pin such that in use, urging together the handle ends of the lever arms causes the nose ends to move relative to each other such that the interlocking teeth misalign and grip the pin.
