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Minimal Incision Total Knee Replacement

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:47:03 -0400

http://www.or-live.com/alliancehospital/1737 Knee Replacement: Join Alliance Hospital and Basin Orthopedic Surgical Specialists (BOSS) in Odessa, Texas for a live webcast of a Minimal Incision Total Knee Replacement procedure on Tuesday, January 23, at 6 PM CST. William G. Reilly, M.D., Director of Boss Arthritis Institute in Odessa will be the physician performing this relatively new procedure. Dr. Reilly has performed more than 400 minimal incision total Knee Replacements at Alliance Hospital. The potential benefits of a Minimal Incision Total Knee Replacement procedure are smaller incisions, faster recovery, less soft tissue trauma, shorter hospital stay, less pain after surgery and little or no effect on long term outcomes. With the Minimal Incision techniques that are performed patients are more likely to ambulate on the day of the surgery. Dr. Reilly received a B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana and his medical degree from Georgetown University School of medicine, where he graduated Cum Laude. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Reilly is currently in group practice with Basin Orthopedic Surgical Specialists sub-specializing in total joint replacement. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons and is a Fellow of American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. About Alliance Hospital Alliance Hospital is an acute care hospital with focused centers of excellence in cardiology, orthopedics, vascular services and general surgery. Alliance Hospital also provides complete surgical care in minimally invasive urology, gynecology, pain management, podiatry and other areas of specialty. Alliance Hospital is the only hospital in the Permian Basin to offer robotic surgery. The physicians and staff at Alliance Hospital strive to merge the most innovative technology and accommodating patient environment into...

Zimmer® Gender Solutions™ High-Flex Knee Replacement

Tue, 29 May 2007 10:21:00 -0400

Philadelphia, PA – On Thursday, September 14, at 6:30 p.m. EDT, Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, PA will broadcast a live total knee replacement procedure featuring the Zimmer Gender Solutions High-Flex Knee, the first knee replacement shaped to fit a woman's anatomy. Knee replacements have long been available in many sizes, but merely using a different size for women doesn't resolve anatomical differences. Various studies show that women's knees significantly differ in shape from men's knees. Pioneering research conducted for Zimmer precisely maps out those differences and is the foundation for the design and development of the Gender Solutions Knee. When placing traditional implants, some surgeons accommodate women's differences by removing more bone or repositioning the implant during surgery, but their ability to make the implant precisely conform to the patient is limited. The Gender Solutions High-Flex Implant was designed so the surgeon can more closely match the female patient's knee anatomy. Robert E. Booth, Jr., M.D., Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, will perform the surgery. The webcast will be moderated by Giles R. Scuderi, M.D., Director, Insall Scott Kelly Institute, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY. Questions from both surgeons and the general public can be sent in via email during the broadcast. "Mounting research indicates that a woman's knee is not simply a smaller version of a man's knee. The differences involve the bones, ligaments and tendons in the joints," said Dr. Booth. "Women can wear men's clothing and shoes, but most prefer clothing and shoes made for them. That's because women are shaped differently than men. It's the same with knees, and it makes perfect sense to design knee implants with women in mind, particularly considering that women are by far the majority of the knee replacement patient population." N...

Total Knee Replacement

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:43:00 -0400

http://www.or-live.com/shawneemission/2225 MERRIAM, Kan. – Shawnee Mission Medical Center (SMMC) will host a Total Knee Replacement (TKR) Live Surgery Webcast on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. The Webcast will feature Robert Sharpe, MD, of Midwest Orthopaedics, PA, as he surgically reconstructs a patient’s knee. Burrel Gaddy, MD, who is also with Midwest Orthopaedics, will serve as the moderator, answering questions live from the audience. A TKR is a surgical procedure done to replace a damaged knee with a prosthesis, which is an artificial joint typically made up of metal and plastic. Knee replacements may be necessary when knee conditions cause the cartilage to deteriorate to the point when there are no other options to relieve pain. Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and knee joint injury typically create the pain that leads to a TKR. The procedure is very common, with more than 300,000 TKR surgeries being performed every year in the United States. According to Sharpe, patients who undergo a total knee replacement surgery reap a number of benefits following the procedure. "Once a patient undergoes a total knee replacement surgery, they have nearly a full range of motion in the knee and can walk on their leg almost immediately," he said. "Patients also regain a majority of the activities that they were doing prior to the knee replacement, without the pain they were enduring before." Through education, both Sharpe and Gaddy hope the TKR Webcast will help patients better understand the procedure and the positive impact most patients report on their lifestyle afterward, which according to Gaddy can be dramatic. "Patients often come into my office limping, complaining of their limited ability to perform daily activities because the discomfort is so overwhelming," he said. "The difference in the patient's ability to perform daily tasks after the procedure is remarkable." About Shawnee Mission Medical Center: Shawnee Mission Medical Center (SMMC) is a...

State-of-the-Art Knee Replacement Surgery

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:10:06 -0500

http://www.or-live.com/stmarysmadison/2087 On Tuesday, January 22, 2008, St. Mary's Hospital and two members of the Dean Orthopedic physician team will offer viewers the opportunity to see a total knee replacement surgery up close. The procedure will be broadcast live over the internet from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time from one of St. Mary's 18 brand-new, high-tech operating rooms which opened the first of the year. This total knee replacement procedure will be performed by Dr. David Wolff. Dr. Wolff is one of the area's leading orthopedic surgeons having completed over 250 hip and knee replacement surgeries in 2007. Commentary will be provided during the surgery by Dr. Richard Glad, Chairman of the Dean Department of Orthopedics. Also a very busy and successful orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Glad's patient list includes athletes such as John Powless, one of the top-ranked players in the International Tennis Federation's men's 75+ age category. St. Mary's is the leading hospital in Orthopedic services in south-central Wisconsin, serving nearly 40% of orthopedic patients in Dane County alone.* * Q1, 2007 market share data

Sigma® High Performance Partial Knee

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:47:56 -0400

http://www.or-live.com/DePuy/2496 Jack Farr, M.D., will perform a bi-compartmental knee replacement with the Sigma® High Performance Partial Knee. During this procedure, Dr. Farr will replace the medial and patellofemoral compartments of the knee. The broadcast will be moderated by David Fisher, M.D. "Bi-compartmental arthroplasty as opposed to total knee arthroplasty is a resurfacing concept, where we are trying to put the surfaces of the components where the articular surfaces were of the knee," explains Dr. Farr. "We retain both cruciate ligaments, hopefully adapting the knee to more natural kinematics as opposed to a total knee replacement." The live surgery will be performed at the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. As one of the designing surgeons for the High Performance Partial Knee, Dr. Farr has been instrumental in surgeon education with this new product offering. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a company that has taken a leading role in educating surgeons, is making the broadcast available for free via www.OR-Live.com. Sigma High Performance Partial Knee for early knee intervention For early intervention, the Sigma High Performance Partial Knee System is the only partial knee solution on the market that can replace the medial, lateral and/or patellofemoral compartments while providing low wear and up to 155 degrees of flexion. The tibial implants utilize a moderately cross-linked, oxidatively stable polyethylene. "This is a truly patient and knee specific system that can work across the continuum of early interventional care," said Dr. Farr. "The System has individual compartment components that were designed specifically to work independently or together to give the surgeon flexibility during surgery and in subsequent surgeries depending on disease progression." Important Safety Information As with any medical treatment, individual results may vary. Only an orthopaedic surgeon can determine whether an orthopaedic implant i...

Patient-Specific, Bicompartmental Knee Resurfacing Implant

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:34:45 -0400

http://www.or-live.com/conformis/2500 Boston, MA - On October 9, 2008 at 6:00pm EDT, OR-Live will broadcast a live surgery from Brigham and Women’s Hospital utilizing a novel, personalized knee implant. The new prosthetic, the ConforMIS iDuo, is a bicompartmental resurfacing implant designed for patients whose arthritic damage is limited to either the medial or lateral compartments of the knee, in addition to the patellofemoral compartment. The implant resurfaces only the affected areas, offering a minimally invasive, bone preserving option for younger patients that does not compromise their ability to move to a traditional total knee replacement in the future. The procedure also preserves the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, which help to maintain knee kinematics. Dr. Tom Minas, Director of the Cartilage Repair Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Dr. Wolfgang Fitz, Associate Orthopaedic Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital will perform the surgery. The webcast will be moderated by Dr. Thomas Thornhill, MD, Chief of Orthopaedics at Brigham and Women's. The implant is created through an advanced image-to-implant process that utilizes CT scans from a patient to create a virtual model of a patient's knee. The implant, as well as the cutting and placement guides used for the surgery, are custom designed and manufactured to match each patient's knee anatomy. To assure precise implantation, the surgeons will utilize patient-specific instruments designed from the same scans as the implant, including data on the patient's biomechanical axis. The patient-specific cutting and placement guides reduce the number of steps during surgery and provide precise guidance to accurately place the instruments, simplifying the surgical technique. This personalized approach eliminates many of the bone cuts required in traditional surgery, helping to reduce surgical and recovery times. More than 80 patient-specific, partial knee resurfacing procedures ha...

Anterior Hip Replacement Surgery

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:59:46 -0500

http://www.or-live.com/prohealthcare/2189 Hip Replacement: – ProHealth Care will continue its educational Web cast series with the live online broadcast of an anterior hip replacement surgery at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, March 26, at noon. This will be the fourth in a series of Web casts that offer patients and consumers a first-hand look at both routine and state-of-the-art surgeries occurring at ProHealth Care hospitals. Matthew Bong, MD, orthopedic surgeon, will perform the anterior hip replacement surgery, and Scott Schneider, MD, orthopedic surgeon, will moderate. Viewers will have the opportunity to send questions directly to the operating room during the surgery. Anterior hip replacement is one of the newest procedures available to ProHealth Care Orthopedic Center patients needing hip replacement surgery. Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital was the first in the metro-Milwaukee area to offer this minimally invasive surgery using the HANA table. The special operating table allows the surgeon to more effectively move the leg during surgery to best position the hip socket, ball and femur insert for proper fit. The HANA table also allows the surgeon to take X-rays during the procedure to ensure precise fit and placement of all components. "Most patients who are candidates for traditional hip replacement surgery are also candidates for the anterior procedure," Dr. Bong says. Patients benefit from the anterior approach to hip replacement in a number of ways: Accelerated recovery time. Fewer restrictions during recovery. Patients can often more freely bend their hip and bear their full weight immediately or very soon after surgery. Possible reduced scarring. The anterior approach allows for one relatively small incision. Less discomfort during the recovery period. ProHealth Care has partnered with surgical broadcast leader OR-Live out of West Hartford, Connecticut, to produce this live event. For more information, a preview of the event, intervi...

Robot - Assisted Heart Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:41:14 -0400

http://www.or-live.com/umm/1713 On February 28, 2007, at 4 PM EST watch the premiere showing of a very unique surgical webcast from the University of Maryland Heart Center in Baltimore. See for yourself an operation called the HYBRID. This is an innovative approach to double or triple vessel coronary artery disease that combines minimally-invasive, robotic coronary artery bypass surgery with stented angioplasty, performed in just one operation. The University of Maryland Medical Center is among the first hospitals in the U.S. to offer this combined surgery, and is now the only Medical Center to offer this surgery with the use of robotic technology. Cardiac surgeon, Dr. Robert Poston, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, with the assistance of Dr. Charles Drummond, a clinical instructor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will use the daVinci-S surgical robot to harvest the left internal mammary artery, which will then be used to bypass the blockages in the heart. Unlike traditional open surgery, there is no large incision made during this operation. Several tiny incisions, which measure smaller than the diameter of a dime, are made between the ribs so that the robotic instruments can be used inside the chest cavity. While sitting at a computer console outside the actual operating room, Dr. Poston looks through lenses that provide a three-dimensional and highly magnified view of the inside of the body. He then uses wristed instruments to make very precise movements in the chest wall. Dr. Poston will harvest the left mammary artery and then through a two and half-inch incision in the chest, Dr. Poston will redirect one end of the artery to the heart surface and hand-sew the artery beyond the blockage, therefore increasing blood flow to the heart. Once this bypass portion of the surgery is complete, Dr. David Zimrin, an assistant professor of medicine and director of cardiac catheterization, will ...