Definition: A technique of closing incisions and wounds, or of joining and connecting tissues, in which staples are used as sutures.
/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
Other names Surgical Staplings; Staplings, Surgical; Stapling, Surgical