University of Miami Surgeon Removes Kidney Through Patients Belly Button
Summary
The SPIDER system represents a real progression in the evolution of surgery.” Armas said that she felt afterward hardly any discomfort at her surgical site – an experience made all the more amazing considering that her kidney was about twice the normal size.Leveillee is one of only three surgeons in the world who has performed a single-incision nephrectomy using the SPIDER system.Armas, a pharmacist, suffered an ureteropelvic junction obstruction, a congenital blockage in the area connecting her kidney’s renal pelvis with its ureter, the tube that moves urine to the bladder.The result was a smaller and crowded operating field that significantly impeded the surgeon’s vision and dexterity and forced rigid instruments to stack and cross.The SPIDER system completely changes the state of single-incision surgery.The SPIDER system represents a real progression in the evolution of surgery.”Armas said that she felt afterward hardly any discomfort at her surgical site – an experience made all the more amazing considering that her kidney was about twice the normal size.“My belly button is healing quite well,” she said.Surgeons throughout the world are now using the SPIDER system to successfully treat obesity, colon cancer and hernias, and to remove kidneys and gallbladders.About TransEnterixTransEnterix partners with leading medical thought-leaders to rapidly develop pioneering technologies that advance minimally invasive surgery.