This article reported results from the study “The impact of different surgical techniques on outcomes in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: The first report from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP).”1
The surgical stapler was born of the need to achieve a safe, reliable procedure to divide and approximate tissue in a way that prevented leak and maintained hemostasis, a need that became evident by the perils of war and the shortage