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Neurosurgical: Methodist University Hospital presents herniated disc
repair using MicroDiscectomy technique known as the METRx system, a
minimal access process with incisions smaller than a dime. See this
live at 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC). Annually, more than 250,000 Americans
undergo surgery to remove or repair herniated discs, a leading cause of
back pain. While this type of operation eventually can improve
function, recovery time has traditionally proven to be painful and last
several weeks. However, a new MicroDiscectomy technique known as the
METRx system allows surgeons to repair debilitating herniated discs
using a minimal access process, with incisions smaller than a dime. View Webcast
Orthopedics:
Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. will broadcast the
first-ever live surgical Webcast in the Mid-South on Thursday, May 20
at 4 p.m. CDT (21:00 UTC). Bret Sokoloff, M.D. with Memphis Orthopaedic
Group will perform an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, while narration
and commentary will be provided by John Lochemes, M.D., also with
Memphis Orthopaedic Group. Rotator cuff repairs are one of the most
common reasons for shoulder pain in people over 40, but it is not
necessarily a plight of just the middle-aged. View Webcast
Total Knee Replacement: On Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 4:30 pm EDT,
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) will host a live Webcast in which
participants can view an emerging procedure designed to help improve
the quality of life of many who suffer from severe knee arthritis and
other knee damage that impairs mobility. During this Webcast, BWH
doctors will perform a minimally invasive rotating platform total knee
replacement (TKR), a less invasive operative approach to traditional
TKR surgery.
The Rush Cartilage Restoration Center in Chicago presents a Web cast
produced for physicians and other health care professionals to learn
about cartilage restoration of the knee The program features three
surgical procedures and interviews with patients of cartilage
restoration, researchers in the field, and other nationally known
cartilage surgeons.
Orthopedics: The
Chicago Cartilage Course, a comprehensive two-day course on cartilage
repair, will be held starting Friday, May 7 at Rush University Medical
Center, Chicago. The course will provide an update on the clinical
management and surgical techniques for cartilage repair and is designed
for orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine specialists, including fellows
and residents, as well as physical therapists and athletic trainers.
View live surgical webcast demonstrations beginning at 9:45 am CDT
(14:45 UTC) featuring allograft meniscus transplantation, autologous
chondrocyte implantation and osteochondral allograft, performed by
Brian Cole, MD, director of the Rush Cartilage Restoration Center at
Rush University Medical Center; Jack Farr, MD, director of the
Cartilage Restoration Center of Indiana, Indiana University; Wayne
Gersoff, MD, clinical assistant professor in the department of
orthopedic surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences,
Denver; and Riley Williams, MD, assistant professor in the department
of orthopedic surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York.
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