Fact Check: Did Bihar Doctor Use An Office Stapler To Close Head Wound? Here’s What Actually Happened

The controversy emerged from Bihar’s Nawada district, particularly in the Warisaliganj police station area. According to ...
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Powered stapler use linked to reduced rates of bleeding complications in VATS lobectomy patients

Ethicon ECHELON FLEX Powered Staplers Associated with Improved Clinical and Economic Outcomes in First Real-World Assessment Versus Manual Staplers Bleeding complications dropped by nearly half when ...
Medscape

FDA Panel Recommends Reclassifying Surgical Staplers

The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel recommended reclassifying surgical staplers from class I (subject to general controls only) to class II (subject ...
FierceBiotech

J&J launches new, smaller, more precise vascular stapler for thoracic surgery

The Echelon Flex Powered Vascular Stapler--Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky only highlighted a handful of upcoming ...
Medical News Today

Why do surgeons use surgical staples?

Surgeons use surgical staples to close an incision after surgery as an alternative option to sutures. They are quick and easy to use and typically have a low risk of infection. During most surgical ...