From ant to stapler – 100 years of mechanical suturing in surgery

It has been 100 years since the first surgical stapler was built and used in surgery. The author presents a short anecdotalhistory of mechanical suturing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Antoni Ścierski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2010-06-01
Series:Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques
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Online Access:http://www.termedia.pl/Review-paper-From-ant-to-stapler-8211-100-years-of-mechanical-suturing-in-surgery,42,14929,1,0.html