subject: SPIDER Surgical System for Bariatric Surgery [print this page] SPIDER Surgical System for Bariatric Surgery
For morbidly obese individuals, bariatric surgery may be their last best hope for losing the weight and regaining their lives. There are a variety of laparoscopic surgery procedures available for these people. However, just as these patients wish to lose weight, the traditional recovery period may take a very long time. Then, once they have recovered, they may look down and see that there are several obvious incision scars where their bariatric surgeon inserted tools during the procedure.
Both long recovery times and incision scars that may not be something these weight loss patients want to explain to everyone can possibly prevent some patients from losing the weight through laparoscopic surgery. Although traditional laparoscopic surgery technology can be the cause of post-surgical pain and discomfort, new technologies like the SPIDER Surgical System make things easier on the bariatric surgeon and the patient.
SPIDER Surgical System works because it is made from flexible material. It also allows one surgeon to use multiple tools. Perhaps the best part of the SPIDER Surgical System is that it can do its job through only one incision. This minimally invasive technique means that the bariatric patient does not need to recover from the surgery, plus every incision.
SPIDER Surgical System Procedure
Your bariatric surgeon inserts the SPIDER surgical device through an incision in your belly button
The device is then expanded like an umbrella so the bariatric surgeon may use a variety of tools to help him or her perform the surgery.
When your bariatric surgical procedure is finished, the SPIDER system is then collapsed and removed through your belly button
Traditional laparoscopic surgery requires many incisions, which means many scars. SPIDER reduces the number of scars, as well as the amount of time needed to recover post surgery. You will feel less discomfort and be ready to start the next chapter of your life that much sooner.
