Shawnee Mission Medical Center will showcase a new, less invasive approach to hip replacement during a live surgical Webcast Wednesday, September 20, at 7 p.m. CDT (Sept 21 @ 00:00 UTC) on www.OR-Live.com

During the Webcast, Scott Cook, MD, will perform the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) technique. Cook is one of just 40 doctors in the United States trained to do the procedure.

Please join our internationally-renowned panelists who together bring you this Web-based Science Forum on GRAFTJACKET® Regenerative Tissue Matrix and the science, mechanical testing, histology and clinical experience for rotator cuff tears in the shoulder. Broadcast LIVE to the Post Graduate Education Centre , City Hospital Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK Friday, 8th of September at 4:00 pm UK Time (17:00 Central European Time)

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.

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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.

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