"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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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surgical Staplers" by people in Profiles.
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The linear cutting stapler may reduce surgical time and blood loss with muscle transection: a pilot study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2009 Nov; 467(11):2859-64.