A surgical tool for minimally invasive surgery is provided, where the tool includes a control handle at least one vacuum arm deployable from a retracted position to an operative position for engagement with tissue in order to stabilize the tissue with respect to the tool and a shaft movable with respect to the control handle, the shaft having an operating head movable from a retracted position to an operative position for performing a surgical function on the tissue stabilized by the at least one vacuum arm.
