A surgical instrument including a housing, an elongated body, an end effector,and adissection element. The housing has a handle assembly and the elongated bodyextends fromthe housing. The end effector is supported at a distal end of the elongatedbody and isoperatively associated with the handle assembly. The dissection element isdisposed aboutthe elongated body proximal to the distal end of the elongated body. Thedissection elementis configured to bluntly dissect tissue surrounding the elongated body.
