A surgical staple remover looks a bit like a handheld hole punch. Not the alligator-mouth contraption used for paper staples. I know this because my father recently had a radical prostatectomy to ...

After 65 years of experiences with stitches after surgeries and accidents, I have staples for the first time. A photo of my current stitches doesn't reveal exactly how they are removed. I've removed ...

The aim of this study was to compare 2 different methods of wound closure, subcuticular sutures vs staples, in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. The study endpoint was the 30-day incidence ...

Staple line reinforcement during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is associated with increased leakage from the stomach compared with not using this technique, according to a study published in the ...