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Spine: Over 700,000 vertebral compression fractures – broken spinal
bones - occur annually in the United States. Many of these fractures
result from untreated osteoporosis, and vertebral fractures can cause
severe pain for nearly a third of people with the condition. On
Wednesday, June 7, Marshfield Clinic physicians on staff at Saint
Joseph's Hospital will discuss a leading surgical treatment for spinal
compression fractures called percutaneous vertebroplasty. The program,
featuring a pre-taped surgery of a vertebral compression fracture
patient, will be webcast from 4 – 5 p.m. central standard time. (21:00
UTC) Expert commentary about the procedure will be provided by Fergus
McKiernan, MD, metabolic bone disease specialist; Thomas Faciszewski,
MD, orthopaedic surgeon; and Sanjay Rao, MD, neurological surgeon.
WAUKESHA, WI- ProHealth Care will broadcast a surgery live via the
Internet during a webcast at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 17. The surgery
will be a total knee replacement procedure at Oconomowoc Memorial
Hospital. This is ProHealth Care's first surgical webcast and it will
kickoff a series of live surgeries ProHealth Care is planning
throughout 2006.
The knee is the largest, strongest and heaviest joint in the body and
carries almost half of the body's weight. If arthritis, injury or
wear-and-tear wears away the cartilage in the knee, total knee
replacement often becomes necessary to relieve pain and resume regular
activities
Orthopedic surgeon, Timothy Schultz, MD, will perform the procedure
while T. Scott Stanwyck, MD, orthopedic surgeon, serves as moderator to
explain the procedure and answer questions that viewers e-mail.
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
3:00 p.m. CDT, (20:00 UTC)
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.
Orthopaedics: Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI), 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.
Methodist Healthcare will host a live surgical Webcast at the Methodist
North Hospital Total Joint Center on Thursday, April 27, 2006, 4 p.m.,
CST, showcasing a total knee replacement, with an incision measuring
only 3 to 5 inches in length. The Webcast will feature Michael Lynch,
M.D., performing the surgery, with Blake Ragsdale, M.D., narrating the
surgery. Both orthopaedic surgeons are with Memphis Orthopaedic Group.
In addition to watching Dr. Lynch perform the live knee
replacement surgery, viewers will learn more about total knee
replacement surgery and hear from a patient who has undergone total
knee replacement surgery with Dr. Lynch as their surgeon. Viewers will
also be able to email questions to the surgeon who is narrating the
surgery.
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