Can The Spanner Help Your Patients?
Because there has never before been a temporary prostatic stent approved by the FDA, urologists often ask us, “Why should I use a Spanner?” Or they will say, “I can’t think of a patient that needs a Spanner – I just send them home with a Foley Catheter.”
Here are some key points to consider:
- The Spanner restores what your retention patients want most... volitional voiding.
- The Spanner lessens the hardships of indwelling catheterization.
- Patients who have worn both a Foley Catheter and a Spanner unanimously choose a Spanner. Life Untethered.
- The insertion of a Spanner is very similar to the insertion of a catheter. Removal can also be accomplished in the office setting.
- The Spanner is totally contained within the body, no external paraphernalia, no leg bag.
- The Spanner has received a Category 1 Code from Medicare, 53855.
- The rate of bacterial colonization is 4 to 5 times higher with a Foley than with a Spanner.
What patients might benefit from The Spanner?
As with any new medical product, it takes time for customers to adopt the technology. As urologists ponder how they might use The Spanner*, they ask us interesting questions:
- “Do patients really tolerate wearing the stent?”
- “Does The Spanner really stay in place? Don’t most stents migrate?”
- “Can The Spanner keep post-void residuals low?”
- “Would The Spanner work for obstructed men unfit for surgery?”
- “Will my TUMT patients have a better recovery wearing The Spanner rather than a Foley?”
- “Can I use The Spanner to help manage recurrent bladder neck contractions?”
- “What about my patient that comes in for monthly dilation? Can The Spanner help him?”
- “There’s a guy in my practice who I’m just not sure whether he will benefit from a dis-obstructing therapy. Can The Spanner help me learn more about this patient?”
- “Is there some way The Spanner can help me better manage prostatic stricture patients?”
- “Would The Spanner be used post-radical prostatectomy?”
- “What about my geriatric, dementia patients who pull their catheters out? Or my patients in assisted living who have to move if they need a catheter. Can The Spanner allow them to remain in assisted living?”
To find answers to these questions and others, contact us.
*FDA Indications For Use: The Spanner is intended for temporary use (up to 30 days) to maintain urine flow and allow voluntary urination in patients following minimally invasive treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and initial post-treatment catheterization.
To place an order, contact:
AbbeyMoor Medical
501 East Soo Street
Parkers Prairie, MN 56361
Phone: (888) 528-9073
Fax: (218) 338-6710
Email: customerservice@abbeymoormedical.com
The Spanner Training Kit
Our Getting Started kit contains:
- Demonstration Spanner stent to show patients
- Practice Spanner loaded on the insertion tool
- Practice Surveyor measurement tool
- Training Program
- Training DVD
- Poster of insertion/removal process
- Patient Information booklet
- Ordering information
- Introduction DVD
- Copies of relevant clinical trial literature
- Physician Quick Reference Guide
- Nurse Quick Reference Guide
- Reimbursement Guide for CPT Code 53855
- 10 ml syringe
- Patient emergency information card
- Spanner selector card
Most urologists choose to schedule online training (often including their staff) for a 20-minute interactive, live introduction to The Spanner. We are ready to help you get started using The Spanner.
At the completion of training you should understand:
- the function of the Spanner
- the mechanics of sizing and placement
- the necessary elements of patient selection and education
This should prepare you to begin scheduling and stenting patients in your practice and realizing the benefits that the Spanner can provide.
Questions on Reimbursement?
The Spanner stent insertion procedure is most appropriately billed with CPT code 53855 (Insertion of a temporary prostatic urethral stent, including urethral measurement). The Coding and Reimbursement section provides more detailed information.
