title: How the EEA came to America.
abstract: Surgical stapling instruments, a revolutionary concept in surgical technique, were introduced in the United States in 1967. Notably absent in the new family of American instruments was the circular stapler (EEA) for end-to-end intestinal anastomosis. This strange omission was corrected a decade later. The EEA is now one of the most widely used stapling instruments in the surgical armamentarium.
authors.affiliation: 1Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morgenstern
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D014481:United States
keywords: biomedical engineering; esophageal surgery; surgical oncology