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A threepart photographic illustration of the use of a surgical stapler and the staples in place.

Left pneumonectomy in a dog showing clamping of the bronchus. After cutting away the lung from the clamp (middle image), two rows of staples can be seen across the hilum (right image)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13668819

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