The FDA, professional medical societies and the media had their sights set on a common topic in 2019: surgical staplers.
Last March, the FDA issued a letter to physicians expressing concern over increasing adverse events associated with surgical staplers and staples for internal use, offering recommendations for providers to promote safe use. The agency published an analysis of nearly 110,000 stapler incidents since 2011, resulting in 412 deaths, 11,181 serious injuries and 98,404