Preferred Label : surgical staplers;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH synonym : surgical stapler; stapler, surgical; staplers, surgical;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical stapler;
Origin ID : D013528;
UMLS CUI : C0038938;
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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)
