This Week on ORLive: Live Broadcast of a Revision Knee Replacement and Introducing a New Channel From Sorin Group

WEST HARTFORD, CT–(Marketwire – August 13, 2010) –  ORLive, the vision of improving health, presents a live broadcast of a revision knee replacement presented by DePuy. This week ORLive welcomed Sorin Group, and you can view their library of prosthetic heart valves and repair device videos on the Sorin ORLive Channel. In addition to these videos, ORLive invites you to take part in the latest installment of the Virtual Brain Tumor Board, and go back to school this month as your watch and learn from this month’s featured channel of medical education content.

NEW ON ORLIVE

LIVE SURGERY VIDEO – DePuy^® Rotating Platform Revision Knee Replacement
Live August 12, 2010, 7:00 PM

Dr. Russ Nevins will perform a revision total knee replacement using the Sigma^® TC3 RP and M.B.T. Revision Tray system from DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. The broadcast will be moderated by Dr. William Barrett (Renton, WA). This broadcast will take place from Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV. 

At 4PM Pacific (7PM EDT), Dr. Nevins will perform the revision total knee replacement surgery featuring the Sigma TC3 RP, a rotating platform knee implant design. This system helps diffuse loosening forces from the increased mechanical constraint typical in revision implant systems and offers surgeons enhanced fixation options through the use of metaphyseal sleeves on the femoral and tibial side. 

Viewers are invited to interact with the surgical team by submitting questions via the ORLive website. To learn more about this broadcast and to sign up for an e-mail reminder go to ORLive.com.

NEW CHANNEL – Sorin Group
With over 40 years of experience, Sorin Group is responsible for many of the innovations that have made heart valve replacement and repair among the safest and most effective procedures in the world today. ORLive invites you to watch and learn as Sorin presents video of many of these devices on the Sorin ORLive Channel. 

ORLIVE REFERRALS — Week of August 9, 2010
Each week ORLive highlights on-demand videos for our membership and visitors. 

Medical Education Referral: Innovations in Transcatheter Valve Therapies from NewYork-Presbyterian.

CME Referral: New Frontiers in the Science and Medicine of Venous Thromboembolism from CMEducation Resources

Viewer’s Referral: New Options for Advanced Heart Disease from Montefiore Medical Center

HIGHLIGHTS

PREVIEW – Surgical and Medical Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes
Premieres Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at Noon

Type 2 diabetes can lead to potentially deadly complications for many patients, but the team at NewYork-Presbyterian remains on the forefront of research and treatment innovations. Learn what advancements are being made and see what happens when gastric bypass surgery results in a possible remission of diabetes. Don’t miss “Surgical and Medical Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes,” August 17th at Noon.

Viewers of this video are invited to interact with the team via the ORLive website, where you can also request a reminder to alert you when this video is available.

NOW ON-DEMAND — EVOLUTION™ Medial-Pivot Knee System
Now Available On-Demand

Designed to replicate the function of a normal knee, the EVOLUTION™ Medial-Pivot Knee is one of the newest total knee systems on the market. This surgery was performed by Dr. David DeBoer, and he answered questions from the audience during the broadcast. Learn the latest on the knee system that was built utilizing state-of-the-art design and manufacturing technologies…don’t miss “EVOLUTION™ Medial-Pivot Knee System.”

This surgery video is available to members of the ORLive community, and members can still interact and ask questions via the ORLive website. Learn more about this broadcast at ORLive.com, and view this exciting procedure by activating your free membership to ORLive today.

NOW ON-DEMAND — Prenatal Pediatrics
Now Available On-Demand

Managing a high risk pregnancy can be difficult. NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital provides the maternal, fetal and pediatric expertise to care for high-risk pregnancies. NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital was one of only eight hospitals in the country ranked in each medical specialty measured by U.S. News & World Report, with distinct leadership in neonatology and pediatric cardiac surgery.

Join Dr. Mary D’Alton, Chair, Department of OB/GYN, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a team that includes Dr. Richard Polin, Director, Neonatology, as they review the capabilities and treatments available at the Center for Pediatrics. 

Viewers of this video are invited to interact with the team via the ORLive website, and to join the community and receive regular updates from the NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Center for Neonatal Pediatrics.

About ORLive
ORLive is the leading provider of video communication channels to the healthcare community. Working collaboratively with hospitals and device manufacturers, ORLive produces and distributes customized, interactive, video programs that demonstrate the latest advances in medicine, surgical techniques and product innovations. The ORLive broadcasting network provides an intimate look at over 650 live and on-demand surgeries to a global audience, streaming over 50,000 hours of programming each month. The ORLive network can be found on-line at www.ORLive.com.

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