Abstract: A laminectomy rongeur with top and bottom parallel bars in sliding relation, one to the other, with the ends cooperating to form cutting tips. The lower bar has an upwardly longitudinally extending flange and an orthogonally related reinforcing wall extending laterally of the upwardly extending flange. An ejecting flange integral with and longitudinal of the longitudinally extending flange projects beyond the cutting tip of the top bar when the ends forming the cutting tips are spread apart.