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Surgical Stapling

Medical Definition:	A technique of closing incisions and wounds, or of joining and connecting tissues, in which staples are used as sutures.
Guide Notes:	/instrum: consider also SURGICAL STAPLERS; coord IM with staple material (IM or NIM) if pertinent; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: SURG STAPLING
Previously Indexed:	Surgical Staplers (1966-1993)

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