Explore: Staplers (surgery)

commercial staplers were made of stainless steel with titanium staples loaded into reloadable staple cartridges. Modern surgical staplers are either disposable

sutures). Most staplers are used to join multiple sheets of paper. Paper staplers come in two distinct types: manual and electric. Manual staplers are normally

Bariatric surgery (also known as metabolic surgery or weight loss surgery) is a surgical procedure used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery performed using a small video camera mounted to a fiberoptic

Lung surgery is a type of thoracic surgery involving the repair or removal of lung tissue, and can be used to treat a variety of conditions ranging from

bariatric surgery. The widespread use of mechanical suturing devices (linear and circular staplers) changed the face of gastrointestinal surgery. A suture-free

discontinuity. A number of different techniques can be employed such as using staplers to come across the bowel, or primary suture closure in small perforations

definitive repair (anastomosis or colostomy). In modern times, surgical staplers are typically used to create colorectal anastomoses, although hand sewn

which require specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform. General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdomen; the thyroid gland; diseases involving