Intraluminal Stapler
Also called Circular stapler, EEA stapler, CEEA stapler, End-to-end anastomosis stapler
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Long, cylindrical, single-use stapler with a detachable anvil head. It fires a circular, double-staggered row of titanium staples, and a circular knife inside the head trims the excess tissue at the same time. Made curved or straight.
Primary uses
What this instrument is on the table to do.
Creates end-to-end, end-to-side or side-to-side anastomoses in the GI tract, open or laparoscopic; common in resection and re-joining of the distal colon or rectum (low anterior resection, sigmoid colectomy), where it is passed through the anus. Sizers are used first to choose the diameter.
Sizes & variants
The lengths, angles and patterns it comes in.
About 21 to 34 mm diameter; heads of 25, 28 and 31 mm are common.
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