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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Wound Closure Techniques > Suture Techniques > Surgical Stapling

Preferred term

Surgical Stapling  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Staplings, Surgical
  • Stapling, Surgical
  • Surgical Staplings

Note

  • /instrum: consider also SURGICAL STAPLERS; coordinate with staple material if pertinent

Scope note

  • A technique of closing incisions and wounds, or of joining and connecting tissues, in which staples are used as sutures.

History note

  • 94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017792

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