REMINDER: This Week on ORLive: Interact With Pediatric Experts, Preview a Personalized Knee Implant Surgery, and
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WEST HARTFORD, CT, Nov 02 (MARKET WIRE) --
During the week of October 5, 2009, ORLive, the world's leading medical
and surgical broadcasting company, will broadcast live and on-demand
medical and surgical video from the pediatric experts at Akron Children's
Hospital, the latest installment of the Virtual Brain Tumor Board, the
preview of a live personalized knee implant surgery, and introduces the
opportunity to participate in an upcoming live trauma and critical care
symposium from Massachusetts General:
LIVE: Ask Children's - Developmental Milestones: Birth to 3 Years
Thursday, October 8, at Noon EDT -- This is the second live webcast in a
monthly series from Akron Children's hospital. Designed for new and
expecting parents, this interactive video webcast will feature John Duby,
MD, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician, and speech pathologist
Kathleen Considine.
Viewers will be able to interact and ask questions during the broadcast
via the ORLive website. Learn more about this broadcast, or view previous
episodes of "Ask Children's," on ORLive.com.
NEW: Virtual Brain Tumor Board: Left Frontotemporal Mass, 59 year old
Female (BPBT)
This 59 YO female presented with a generalized tonic/clonic seizure in
1997. She had a large left insular lesion. It was discussed about whether
to do intervention at that time. She opted for observation only. She
continued to be maintained on anticonvulsants. Twelve year follow-up
showed the lesion to be stable with no progression. She is well controlled
by anticonvulsants. Follow-up imaging from 2009 was presented.
Learn more about this broadcast on ORLive.com
UPCOMING LIVE: Personalized Unicompartmental Knee Implant Surgery to
Treat Early Stage Arthritis
Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at 7:00 PM EDT -- Foundation Surgical Hospital
will present an OR Live webcast of a partial knee replacement featuring
the iUni(R) Personalized Knee Resurfacing System. Foundation Surgical
Hospital is a nationally recognized, state-of-art specialty orthopedic and
neuro-spine facility developed to provide patients with the highest
quality of care in a comfortable, healing environment. The live procedure
will be performed by Dr. Terry Clyburn and Dr. Brian Parsley and
moderated by Dr. Glenn Landon, Chief of Orthopedics at Kelsey-Seybold
Clinic. During the webcast, the viewing audience will be encouraged to
email questions to the doctors.
Viewers will be able to interact and ask questions during the broadcast
via the ORLive website. Learn more about this broadcast on ORLive.com.
REGISTER NOW: The Trauma and Critical Care Symposium at Massachusetts
General Hospital
Monday, November 9, 2009, at 8:00 AM EDT -- The Trauma and Critical Care
Symposium is designed to review state-of-the-art information about the
diagnosis and management of severely ill patients. The Symposium provides
an ideal mix of the traditional standard-of-care principles with
cutting-edge, forward-moving practices. It explores issues related to
surgical technique, resuscitation, inflammation and infection, respiratory
care, nutrition, pre-hospital care, and ethics. Surgeons,
anesthesiologists, and other health care providers with an interest to
trauma and critical illness is the target audience.
Learn more about this opportunity and register now at ORLive.com.
About ORLive
ORLive is the world's leading surgical broadcasting company. Working
collaboratively with hospitals and device manufacturers, ORLive produces
customized, interactive, video programs that demonstrate the latest
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 45,000 hours of programming each
month. The ORLive network can be found on-line at www.ORLive.com.
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Contact:
Bonnie Lehman Gergely
Communications Manager
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bgergely@ORLive.com
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