Fda To Review Surgical Staplers After Thousands Of Reports Of Malfunctions

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Mon, 03/11/2019 - 1:47pm

FDA to review surgical staplers after thousands of reports of malfunctions

The Food and Drug Administration announced a sweeping plan on Friday to review and address the safety of surgical staplers, including a new examination of seven years' worth of hidden reports highlighted Thursday in a Kaiser Health News investigation.

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