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  2. Staple remover - Wikipedia

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    Staple remover. A staple remover (also known as a destapler) is a device that allows for the quick removal of a staple from a material without causing damage. The best-known form of staple remover, designed for light-gauge staples, consists of two opposing, pivot-mounted pairs of thin, steep wedges and a spring that returns the device to the open position after use.

  3. Surgical staple - Wikipedia

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    The skin staple remover is a small manual device which consists of a shoe or plate that is sufficiently narrow and thin to insert under the skin staple. The active part is a small blade that, when hand-pressure is exerted, pushes the staple down through a slot in the shoe, deforming the staple into an 'M' shape to facilitate its removal.

  4. File:Staple remover.ogv - Wikipedia

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    Staple_remover.ogv (Ogg Theora video file, length 5.5 s, 640 × 480 pixels, 818 kbps, file size: 546 KB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  5. Stapedectomy - Wikipedia

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    Stapedectomy is a surgical procedure in which the stapes bone is removed from the middle ear and replaced with a prosthesis.. If the stapes footplate is fixed in position, rather than being normally mobile, the result is a conductive hearing loss.

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  7. Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery - Wikipedia

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    When removal of a polyurethane band is involved (polyurethane was predominantly used in the 1980s and 90s), it likely has built substantial scar tissue that must also be removed, depending on how long since the VBG took place. Removal of the staples involves stitching back together the previously separated parts of the stomach.

  8. Stapled hemorrhoidopexy - Wikipedia

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    Stapled hemorrhoidopexy is a surgical procedure that involves the cutting and removal of anal hemorrhoidal vascular cushion, whose function is to help to seal stools and create continence. Procedure also removes abnormally enlarged hemorrhoidal tissue , followed by the repositioning of the remaining hemorrhoidal tissue back to its normal ...

  9. Wound closure strip - Wikipedia

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    Plastic or other non-porous bandages often prevent perspiration and other bodily fluids from drying and are more likely to cause the wound to be macerated, which increases risk of bacterial or fungal infection. Steri-strips result in less scarring when compared to staples or sutures. They present a lesser chance of infection than sutures or ...