Colorectal Surgical Solutions


Optimizing Outcomes with Low-Pressure Laparoscopy

Because MIS often requires complex dissection to reach the target tissue, conventional insufflation may not maintain clear visualization when suctioning — potentially leading to increased operative time or conversion to open surgery.

AirSeal® offers pressure precision and smoke evacuation for laparoscopic surgery. Surgeons can operate with confidence at low intra-abdominal pressure, which has been shown to improve patient outcomes.1-5

AirSeal® iFS

AirSeal® can also help with these difficult cases:

Mid or low rectal cancer resections with history of pelvic irradiation

Sigmoid diverticulitis with colovesical or colovaginal fistula formation in the setting of previous hysterectomy

Complex cases of colon cancer with invasion into the abdominal wall or organs, such as the bladder

Difficult anatomy encountered around the spleen in high BMI patients

Around the liver in settings of previous cholecystectomy with adhesions formation

"AirSeal® provides the critical help of visualization and steady pneumoperitoneum in complex colorectal procedures, such as low anterior resection, abdominal perineal resection, sigmoid diverticulitis with colovesical or colovaginal fistula takedown, the mobilization of the colon from the hepatic and splenic flexure, and resection of colon cancer with invasion to the abdominal wall or other critical anatomic structures. "

Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Chief of Surgery - Webster, TX

Takedown of Splenic Flexure Using AirSeal® - Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD
Takedown of Splenic Flexure Using AirSeal® - Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD
Takedown of Colovesical Fistula of the Sigmoid Colon Secondary to Diverticulitis Using AirSeal® - Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD
Takedown of Colovesical Fistula of the Sigmoid Colon Secondary to Diverticulitis Using AirSeal® - Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD
How AirSeal® Supports Low Impact Colorectal Surgery - Albert Wolthuis, MD
How AirSeal® Supports Low Impact Colorectal Surgery - Albert Wolthuis, MD
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1 Low 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.
2 Feasibility 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].
3 A prospective, randomized, clinical study comparing AirSeal vs. Standard Insufflation in Minimally Invasive Urology, Gynecology, and General Surgery. Data on File.
4 Low 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.
5 Less 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.