SPIDER® Gastric Sleeve

SPIDER Gastric Sleeve is a minimally invasive surgical method used to perform a vertical gastric sleeve or sleeve gastrectomy procedure.

A gastric sleeve, also known as a sleeve gastrectomy, is a bariatric surgical procedure performed in order to help a patient lose a significant percentage of their excess weight. Gastric sleeves have become a common primary weight loss procedure along with the other options of gastric bypass or an adjustable gastric band. In this procedure, the surgeon removes a portion of the patient’s stomach, creating a “sleeve.” This restricts the amount of food consumed at one time while also having an impact on the amount of hunger a patient may feel, as well as reducing the amount of food necessary to feel full.

Gastric sleeves are commonly performed laparoscopically where a surgeon utilizes several incisions to introduce long rigid instruments into the abdomen to perform the surgery. With the advance of SPIDER Surgery, the surgeon may make one small incision, usually hidden in the belly button and introduce multiple flexible instruments through that incision in order to complete the same procedure.

How is SPIDER surgery different from traditional
laparoscopic surgery?

Traditional laparoscopic surgery usually requires multiple incisions. SPIDER Surgery can reduce this number, in many cases to a single incision.

Potential benefits of SPIDER Gastric Sleeve

Patients may benefit from excellent aesthetic results, minimal pain and a quick recovery by utilizing the SPIDER minimally invasive surgical method.

How does SPIDER work?

A SPIDER procedure begins when the surgeon makes one incision, usually inside the umbilicus (belly button), and inserts the SPIDER Surgical System. Once SPIDER is in the patient’s abdomen, the surgeon opens it up, like an umbrella. The surgeon then inserts a camera and other necessary instruments through SPIDER or next to the SPIDER through the same skin incision. When the surgeon has completed the procedure, he or she closes SPIDER and withdraws it through the same incision.

What happens in a SPIDER Gastric Sleeve procedure?

The surgeon frees up a portion of the stomach and seals and divides the blood vessels leading to the stomach portion that is removed. A surgical stapling device is then introduced and the surgeon staples and divides the stomach leaving a small portion known as the “sleeve.” The divided portion of the stomach is removed from the body through the same small incision through which SPIDER was introduced. All instruments are removed from the abdomen, and the small incision is closed up.

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As with any surgical procedure, there are risks. Patients should speak with their doctors about those risks and what they should expect individually in terms of the surgery, incisions, and recovery time. Your surgeon may utilize more than one incision if deemed necessary during the surgical procedure.

This information has been reviewed by an independent physician.