A surgical brace device for use in a surgical procedure including surgical stapling operations on bodily organ to protect the stapled tissue against damaging effects of physiological motion of the organ is disclosed herein. The surgical brace device comprises a pair of splint members of a predetermined rigidity profile, configured to be disposed on either side of the stapled tissue and dimensioned to span at least a portion of the width thereof; a strut member fixedly joined with the pair of splint members at one ends thereof; and a tie member configured to traverse the tissue of the organ disposed at a predetermined distance from the plurality of strut members to interconnect the pair of splint members and anchor the surgical brace device thereto.