A surgical staple remover looks a bit like a handheld hole punch. Not the alligator-mouth contraption used for paper staples. I know this because my father recently had a radical prostatectomy to ...
Makers of surgical staplers and the implantable staples they’re loaded with will now need to jump through extra hoops before their products can be used to divide, seal and connect internal tissues for ...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study has found significant differences between surgical stapler technologies when it comes to the impact the devices have on the rate of air leaks, ...
Staple line reinforcement during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is associated with increased leakage from the stomach compared with not using this technique, according to a study published in the ...
Staple line reinforcement helps mitigate bleeding during bariatric and other procedures Staple line bleeding can cause significant complications for patients New format of Peri-Strips Dry is made from ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting clinicians about an increasing number of medical device reports (MDRs) associated with the use of surgical staplers for internal use and ...