Making Surgery Less Invasive For You.The SPIDeR® SuRgIcal SySTem
Maggie, Actual Spider Patient
The SPIDER Surgical System is a minimally invasive
surgical device which enhances your surgeon’s ability
to reduce the invasiveness of certain procedures.
With SPIDER, your surgeon can often operate
through a single, small incision. Utilizing tiny, flexible
instruments, the surgical system opens up within the
abdomen providing the visualization and dexterity
needed.
Traditional laparoscopic techniques require many
incisions spread all over the abdomen to allow the
surgeon to access the surgical field. Many surgeons
have begun to seek safe and effective ways to
further reduce the invasiveness of surgery through
reducing the incisions required.
Comparison of typical SPIDER incision and traditional laparoscopy incisions for gallbladder removal.
By decreasing the number of required incisions,
SPIDER Surgery may potentially result in:
• Minimal pain
• Fast recovery time
• Little or no scarring
Of course, every patient experience is different,
and you should discuss your individual procedure
and expectations with your surgeon.
hOW DOeS The SPIDeR SuRgIcal SySTem WORK?
The SPIDER’s unique design accommodates a range
of small flexible instruments plus a tiny laparoscopic
camera, all of which are operated through
a slim tube. The system can be inserted
through an incision approximately the
same size as a dime (18mm).
Often surgeons may operate through a
single incision near the patient’s belly button.
Here’s how the procedure works.
The surgical system is inserted through a small incision in your belly button.
Once inserted into the abdomen, the surgeon can open the system – much like an umbrella – and perform the procedure. The surgeon can manipulate the tiny instruments to bend and move in a wide range of motion.
Once the procedure is complete, the surgeon collapses the system in preparation for removing.
The tools and the system are removed through the original incision.
To learn more about the SPIDER Surgical System, please visit www.SPIDERSurgery.com.
“SPIDeR SuRgeRy IS a magNIFIceNT OPTION. My recovery was quick and relatively pain-free. And instead of multiple scars all over my body – my scar is invisible! SPIDER Surgery was the right choice for me”
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