Bariatric Surgery
Helping you, as you help patients take back their life
Helping you, as you help patients take back their life
AirSeal® has a unique capability to provide stable pneumoperitoneum and smoke evacuation. This enables clear and constant exposure with low pressure, which increases surgical efficiency by reducing procedure times, PACU times, and length of stay.1,2
Operating at lower pressure also enhances patient outcomes.3-7 Benefitting high BMI patients, studies show that those who undergo surgery at low pressure with AirSeal® experience reduced peak airway pressure, ETCO2, and 30-day ER visits/readmissions.4,8
I have noticed a significant decrease in peak inspiratory airway pressure and mean airway pressure while using the AirSeal® system. These benefits are extremely important when taking care of obese patients who have increased airway resistance and decreased pulmonary compliance from baseline.
Gabriel Eduardo Mena, MD
streamlined into your Intuitive da Vinci* procedure workflow - without the need for an assist port.
For my robotic-assisted roux-en-y gastric bypass, the 8mm AirSeal® access port allows for constant low pressure control and easy passage of suture.
Rich DiCicco, MD, FASC, FASMBS
*Compatible with the Intuitive da Vinci Xi and da Vinci X Surgical Systems
1Bucur P, Hofmann M, Menhadji A, et al. Comparison of Pneumoperitoneum Stability Between a Valveless Trocar System and Conventional Insufflation: A Prospective Randomized Trial. Urology. 2016;94:274-280. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2016.04.022
2Ramshaw B, Forman B, Heidel E, Dean J, Gamenthaler A, Fabian M. A Clinical Quality Improvement (CQI) Project to Improve Pain After Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair. Surg Technol Int. 2016;29:125-130.
3Low Insufflation Pressure Cholecystectomy - Using an insufflation management system versus standard CO2 pneumoperitoneum. Rashid M. Kikhia MD, Kristie Price, Vamsi Alli MD, Aurora Pryor MD, Gerald Gracia MD, Jerry Rubano MD, Jessica Schnur MD, Dana Telem MD. SAGES Published Abstract.
4Feasibility of robot-assisted prostatectomy performed at ultra-low pneumoperitoneum pressure of 6 mmHg and comparison of clinical outcomes vs standard pressure of 15 mmHg. Ferroni MC, Abaza R. BJU Int. 2019 Jan 17. doi: 10.1111/bju.14682. [Epub ahead of print].
5A prospective, randomized, clinical study comparing AirSeal vs. Standard Insufflation in Minimally Invasive Urology, Gynecology, and General Surgery. Data on File.
6Low pressure gynecological laparoscopy (7mmHg) with AirSeal® System versus a standard insufflation (15mmHg): A pilot study in 60 patients. Sroussi J, Elies A, Rigouzzo A, Louvet N, Mezzadri M, Fazel A, Benifla JL. Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod. 2017 Feb;46(2):155-158.
7Less is More: Clinical Impact of Decreasing Pneumoperitoneum Pressures during Robotic-Assisted Gynecologic Surgery. Huang J, Foley CE,* Ryan EM, Prunty LE, Arslan AA. Published AAGL Abstract.
8Saway JP, McCaul M, Mulekar MS, McMahon DP, Richards WO. Review of Outcomes of Low Verses Standard Pressure Pneumoperitoneum in Laparoscopic Surgery. Am Surg. 2022;88(8):1832-1837. doi:10.1177/00031348221084956
Note: Use of the AirSeal® system is not a guarantee of improved patient outcomes, as the success of surgery depends on many individual variables, such as patient etiology, disease state, etc.