Use of staplers in pulmonary surgery.
Stapling devices have helped reduce the incidence of bronchopleural fistulas after pulmonary resection. They have also simplified the resection of lung parenchyma and the closure of large-caliber blood vessels in the hilum of the lung.
D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing