Surgical Stapler

Preferred Label : Surgical Stapler;

NCIt definition : A medical instrument designed for mechanical fastening of soft tissues (e.g., closing of incisions or wounds) by delivering staples into the tissues. These devices usually consist of a mechanism for delivering staples and a disposable cartridge containing the staples.;

Details

Origin ID

C79082;

UMLS CUI

C0038938;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- staple, surgical [MeSH concept]
- sutures [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- surgical staplers [MeSH Descriptor]
- surgical staplers [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Medical Device [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- surgical staplers [MeSH concept]
- surgical staplers [MeSH Descriptor]
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- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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