Redmond Reporter

Overlake Medical Center colorectal surgeons demonstrate new robotic surgery stapler

This morning, Overlake Medical Center colorectal surgeons demonstrated the new EndoWrist Robotic Stapler, a surgical device used to repair a variety of conditions affecting the colon. Overlake’s ...
News Medical

FDA takes action to help reduce risks linked with use of surgical staplers and staples

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Letter to Health Care Providers to alert them that the agency is aware of an increasing number of medical device reports associated with the use ...
Medscape

FDA Panel Recommends Reclassifying Surgical Staplers

The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel recommended reclassifying surgical staplers from class I (subject to general controls only) to class II (subject ...
News Medical

Powered stapler use linked to reduced rates of bleeding complications in VATS lobectomy patients

Ethicon ECHELON FLEX Powered Staplers Associated with Improved Clinical and Economic Outcomes in First Real-World Assessment Versus Manual Staplers Bleeding complications dropped by nearly half when ...
Tampa Bay Times

FDA announces sweeping plan to review safety of surgical staplers

The Food and Drug Administration announced a sweeping plan on Friday to review and address the safety of surgical staplers, including a new examination of seven years’ worth of hidden reports ...