OR-Live: Live and On-Demand Medical Healthcasts

Knee Surgery: Stryker Orthopaedics will webcast a live Triathlon(r) MIS Total Knee Arthroplasty procedure from St. Anthony's Hospital in Effingham, IL, on May 23rd, 2006, at 6:00 pm (EDT), 5:00 pm (CDT). The Triathlon Knee design incorporates a Variable Aspect Ratio to better fit the female anatomy while still accommodating the male population. Also featured will be Stryker's new X3 Advanced Bearing Technology and Peri-Apatite press-fit technology. Drs. Peter M. Bonutti & Kirby D. Hitt were involved with the development and design of the Triathlon Knee System and will demonstrate the minimally invasive sub-vastus approach with the new Triathlon MIS instrumentsPlease view the webcast at: www.or-live.com/triathlonknee/1459 to learn how the latest in Stryker Knee Technology has been designed to provide better Motion, Fit and Wear with the Triathlon Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Oral Cancer: Patients undergoing surgery for removal of cancer from the mouth often have large openings in the palate (roof of the mouth) where the cancer had been, leaving them unable to eat, drink or speak normally unless the defect is somehow repaired. One solution is the surgical reassignment of a muscle normally used for chewing to fill the space left in the palate, a procedure that has been advanced at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and has produced excellent results for head and neck cancer patients.

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More people are getting knee replacements every year, explained Timothy Schultz, MD, orthopedic surgeon. "For patients who are considering the procedure, the webcast will be a wonderful way to reduce anxiety by allowing them to get an inside look at the surgery they'll be having." "The webcast will provide a rare opportunity for interaction with the surgeons," said T. Scott Stanwyck, MD, orthopedic surgeon. This will provide a unique, live view into a hospital and surgical procedure that most people would otherwise never be able to experience. Live Webcast May 17, 2006 at 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC) on OR-Live.com"

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Orthopaedics: Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company, will sponsor two live webcasts detailing tendon and ligament applications of the Company's GRAFTJACKET Regenerative Tissue Matrix in the foot and ankle. The live webcasts will take place Wednesday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time and again at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time. These events will also be archived on this site for twelve months. These webcasts are the second in a series designed to educate foot and ankle surgeons on the versatility and potential clinical benefits of this exciting technology.

Weight Loss Surgery: Obesity is reaching epidemic proportions in the US, with 65 percent of adults identified as being overweight today. When conventional weight loss techniques like supervised dieting, exercise and behavior modification fail, surgery has been the last recourse for many. The LAP-BAND system is a safe and effective surgical intervention now available at Hartford Hospital. Using minimally invasive techniques, Dr. Darren Tishler places the band around the upper portion of the stomach, without cutting or stapling of the stomach. This is the only technique that is both reversible and adjustable. To date, almost 150,000 patients worldwide have undergone the procedure. Watch on May 10 as Dr. Tishler performs a live LAP-BAND surgery on OR-Live.com

Orthopaedics: The Orthopaedic Specialty Center at Woodwinds Health Campus in Woodbury, Minnesota will host a demonstration of the most state-of-the-art approach to total knee replacement during a live surgery on the Internet. The web cast will be live from Woodwinds Health Campus, a member of the HealthEast Care System, on May 16, at 3pm am central time.During a total knee replacement, plastic and metal parts are used to replace injured or damaged parts of the knee. Until now, a doctor had to rely on his or her experience to remove bone, replace it with implanted material and align the plastic or metal material with the bone. Since each patient's knee is different, this can prove to be challenging. Computer-assisted knee replacements offer better outcomes for patients and more accuracy for doctors.

On Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 4:30 p.m. ET watch as surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore remove a kidney from a living donor and place the organ inside a recipient during a living kidney donor transplant.

Prostate Cancer: On May 3, at 5:30 p.m. CDT, during a live global webcast from Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital in Houston, Texas, urologist Andrew A. Selzman, M.D., will demonstrate the safety and efficacy of an innovative cancer-fighting procedure - robotic-assisted prostatectomy. Selzman will remove a cancerous prostate gland, using advanced robotic-assisted technology, significantly enhancing surgical accuracy with minimal bleeding, shorter hospital stays, less pain during recovery, and lower risk of side effects such as impotence. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men, and only lung cancer is responsible for more cancer deaths among men. Most affected are African-American males who have an incident rate twice that of white males. The disease most frequently targets individuals between the ages of 45 and 75.

While less aggressive treatment options exist, those patients with localized prostate cancer who are otherwise healthy may choose the more comprehensive, yet less invasive robotic-assisted surgical approach. "If the cancer is contained within the organ, a robotic-assisted prostatectomy provides a less invasive way of offering a 90 percent chance that the patient will be free of cancer 15 years later," said Selzman.

Heart Disease: An endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm will be featured live over the Internet as part of the hospital's continuing series of real time web casting of surgical procedures. The procedure will take place April 13 at 4 p.m.An aortic aneurysm is an abnormal bulge in the wall of the aorta, the body's largest artery. This artery extends from the heart down through the chest and abdominal region, where it divides into blood vessels that supply each leg. If an aortic aneurysm ruptures it can cause life-threatening internal bleeding.

Brain Tumor: Each year, approximately 190,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with brain tumors. While relatively rare, both malignant and benign brain tumors can be life-threatening. For many patients, surgical removal, or resection of the tumor is the first choice for treatment.