Morgenstern Leon
1Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Surg Innov. 2013 Oct;20(5):435-8. doi: 10.1177/1553350613489189. Epub 2013 Jun 21.
Surgical stapling instruments, a revolutionary concept in surgical technique, were introduced in the United States in 1967. Notably absent in the new family of American instruments was the circular stapler (EEA) for end-to-end intestinal anastomosis. This strange omission was corrected a decade later. The EEA is now one of the most widely used stapling instruments in the surgical armamentarium.
外科吻合器械是外科技术中的一个革命性概念，于1967年在美国问世。值得注意的是，美国新推出的这一系列器械中缺少用于端端肠吻合术的圆形吻合器（EEA）。这一奇怪的疏漏在十年后得到了纠正。如今，EEA是外科手术器械库中使用最广泛的吻合器械之一。
