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Descriptor English:   Surgical Staplers 
Descriptor Spanish:   Engrapadoras Quirúrgicas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Grampeadores Cirúrgicos 
Synonyms English:   Stapler, Surgical
Staplers, Surgical
Surgical Stapler  
Tree Number:   E07.858.700.750
Definition English:   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) 
History Note English:   66(64) 
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AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ES ethics
HI history MI microbiology
PS parasitology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data SD supply & distribution
TD trends VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   13909 
Unique Identifier:   D013528 

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