"Surgical Staplers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Fastening devices composed of steel-tantalum alloys used to close operative wounds, especially of the skin, which minimizes infection by not introducing a foreign body that would connect external and internal regions of the body. (From Segen, Current Med Talk, 1995)
| Descriptor ID |
D013528
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.858.700.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Surgical Staplers- Surgical Staplers
- Surgical Stapler
- Stapler, Surgical
- Staplers, Surgical
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surgical Staplers" by people in Profiles.
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Outcomes of mechanical stapling for postlaryngectomy open pharyngotomy closure. Laryngoscope. 2017 03; 127(3):605-610.
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Bronchopleural fistula after stapled closure of bronchus. Ann Thorac Surg. 1991 Dec; 52(6):1253-7; discussion 1257-8.