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MeSH Heading: Surgical Stapling
Tree Number(s): E04.987.775.800
Unique ID: D017792
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017792
Annotation: /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.
Entry Version: SURG STAPLING
Entry Term(s): Stapling, Surgical
Previous Indexing: Surgical Staplers (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Introduced: 1994/01/01
Last Updated: 2010/06/25

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Surgical Stapling MeSH Descriptor Data 2026