What's the difference between staple and stapler?

Staple


Definition:

  • (n.) A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.
  • (n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
  • (n.) The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States.
  • (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
  • (n.) Unmanufactured material; raw material.
  • (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
  • (n.) A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.
  • (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
  • (n.) A small pit.
  • (n.) A district granted to an abbey.
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
  • (a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
  • (a.) Fit to be sold; marketable.
  • (a.) Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
  • (v. t.) To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ten patients have undergone abdominal proctocolectomy with the formation of an ileal reservoir anastomosed onto the anal canal using a stapling device.
  • (2) Anastomotic devascularization has been incriminated in the development of post-operative complications (fistula, stenosis) of circular stapling.
  • (3) It is now recognized that dwarfism in males is frequent around the Mediterranean, where wheat is the staple of life and has been grown for 4,000 years on the same soil, thereby resulting in the depletion of zinc.
  • (4) I’d expect further activity later in the year to centre on fresh, own label and even staples,” he said.
  • (5) We suggest that emergency staple transection is an effective salvage treatment for this high-risk group.
  • (6) Modern stapling began with Hültl in 1908 and Petz in 1924.
  • (7) The polyvalent and adaptable material which we have developed (sliding splint-staple) and which we also use in thoracic traumatology (thoracic flaps), has allowed us to perform audacious corrections for deformities or wide resections for tumours since 1980.
  • (8) There was a higher incidence of inflammation, discomfort on removal and spreading of the healing scar associated with staples.
  • (9) A technique for facilitating stapled anastomosis in end to end esophagojejunostomy is described.
  • (10) The trocar mounted on the main stem of the circular stapler allows the stem of the main device to be brought out through the distal staple line.
  • (11) The extraperitoneal site of the anastomosis after rectal anterior resection with stapled anastomosis and surgery for cancer showed a statistically significant predisposition to anastomotic dehiscence.
  • (12) Where the standard staple remover is not immediately available, an artery forceps, correctly applied, is just as quick.
  • (13) Postoperatively, the anastomosis performed by a stapling instrument that was larger and more elastic than the one sutured by hand.
  • (14) In 73 patients anastomosis was performed by double stapling; in 37 cases the EEA stapler was used.
  • (15) We report our 7-yr experience with staple transection of the esophagus in this patient group.
  • (16) We recommend the use of the stapling device in excision of Zenker's diverticulum.
  • (17) Patients were randomized to have their skin closed with either continuous subcuticular non-absorbable polypropylene 'prolene' suture (33 patients) or metal skin staples (Autosuture 'Premium' or Davis and Geck 'Oppose'; 33 patients).
  • (18) Urinary leakage in 3 patients with a right colonic reservoir (2 with an intussuscepted ileal nipple valve and 1 with a plicated ileal segment as a continence mechanism) was managed with tapered narrowing of the nipple valve and the ileocecal valve, respectively, using stapling techniques.
  • (19) The warming is expected to continue without undue problems for 30 years but beyond 2050 the effects could be dramatic with staple crops hit.
  • (20) Macroscopic examination showed no major inflammatory adhesions around the staples.

Stapler


Definition:

  • (n.) A dealer in staple goods.
  • (n.) One employed to assort wool according to its staple.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After a review of the technical development and application of staplers from their introduction to the present day, the indications to the use of this instrument in all gastroenterological areas from the oesophagus to the rectum as well as in chest, gynaecological and urological surgery specified.
  • (2) Staplers were used and therefore the choice between resection or amputation was determined by the degree of loco-regional infiltration of the neoplasm.
  • (3) The esophagojejunostomy was performed with EEA staplers in 196 cases, and with hand suture in 4 cases.
  • (4) The trocar mounted on the main stem of the circular stapler allows the stem of the main device to be brought out through the distal staple line.
  • (5) The techniques of Dixon anastomosis by end-to-side EEA stapler is reviewed, applied successfully in 48 cases.
  • (6) In 73 patients anastomosis was performed by double stapling; in 37 cases the EEA stapler was used.
  • (7) Since the long-term cosmetic results are equal and the cost price of the staplers are far higher than sutures we cannot recommend staplers for skin closure in routine operations.
  • (8) This can now be achieved by using a mechanical stapler to obturate temporarily the distal end of the colonic segment bearing a conventional lateral colostomy, then performing an extra-mucosal anastomosis to re-establish continuity.
  • (9) It is concluded that skin staplers are safe for repair of small wounds, created under ideal conditions, in canine gastrointestinal tracts.
  • (10) In 1980, Knight and Griffen developed the "double-staple" technique, using a circular stapler to transect a linear rectal staple line.
  • (11) Thirty-six patients had the anastomosis constructed using the EEA size 25 mm circular stapler (group 1).
  • (12) Some considerations on the use of staplers, use currently classified as "elective" and "of convenience", are shown.
  • (13) A selective approach to patient management is advocated, including stapler wedge cecectomy with frozen section diagnosis to avoid extensive bowel resection and retain the ileocecal valve.
  • (14) The skin stapler produced less inflammation and a better aesthetic result over time than the silk stitches.
  • (15) The use of a sigmoidoscope to introduce the circular stapler is described.
  • (16) Of these, 13 had penetrating wounds caused by power nail guns or staplers.
  • (17) The practicality of the stapler and the favourable clinical experience justify the continued application of the instrumental suture technique in children's surgery.
  • (18) Compared to hand suturing staplers have not only the advantage of saving time but they also provide for a simple closure of the duodenal stump, the bronchus and the safe anastomosis of the rectum and the esophagus.
  • (19) This report describes a technique of distal pancreatectomy for both trauma surgery and elective surgery with the TA-55 Auto Suture stapler.
  • (20) Dukes' stage, grading distal resection margin, and histopathologic differentiation of the distal rectal ring left in the stapler after anastomosis were assessed to determine a prognostic indicator for the recurrence of the tumor.

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