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On April 17 at 6 p.m., the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute will broadcast a cervical disc replacement procedure on the Internet. Sabatino Bianco, MD, Trinity Clinic Neurosurgeon and Director of the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute, will perform an FDA approved cervical disc arthroplasty and will be available via email to answer questions. Victor...

A minimally disruptive procedure for spine surgery that provides relief from back and/or leg pain will be performed live over the Internet from Tampa General Hospital on May 14, 2008 at 4 p.m. ET.

The procedure, called XLIF® (eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion), involves a lateral, or side, approach to the patient, rather than...

On Friday December 5th at 7:00 PM EST, join experts from Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian for a live panel discussion on VEPTR and growing rods to treat early onset scoliosis.

Patients with early-onset scoliosis can develop severe, complex spinal deformity that distorts and reduces the volume of the thorax. This deformity...

Case Presentation and literature review of the importance of screening for this injury

On Tuesday, September 11 at 10:30am EDT, world renowned orthopaedic surgeon Henry H. Bohlman, MD, will perform a cervical laminoplasty during a live webcast from University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

For patients with painfully restricted spinal canals in their necks, this procedure immediately relieves pressure by creating more space for the spinal cord...

Physicians with HealthEast Care System will perform an innovative spine procedure live on the Internet. The procedure at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota will take place on April 19 at 4:00 pm Central Time.

This live webcast will involve physicians from HealthEast Spine Care and HealthEast Osteoporosis Care....

See an innovative lumbar fusion using Medtronic's CD HORIZON® LEGACY™ PEEK Rod System. Join Todd Lanman, M.D. and Russ Nockels, M.D. as they perform this procedure during a live surgical broadcast at 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC) on OR-Live.com
The CD HORIZON LEGACY PEEK Rod System uses rods made of polyetheretherketone,...

In a premiere broadcast on May 11th, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00:00 UTC) join Neurosurgeon Andrew Rhea and Orthopaedic surgeon Bill Edwards as they demonstrate Innovative Reconstructive Care of the Cervical Spine.
Spine disorders account for an estimated 130 million outpatient, hospital and emergency room visits in the U.S. each year--to put...

See the least invasive solution for truly percutaneous 360-degree lumbar fusion at L5-S1. The AxiaLIF®360™ procedure will be presented in a live webcast from Texas Back Institute & Plano Presbyterian Center for Diagnostics and Surgery at 12 Noon CDT (17:00 UTC)

AxiaLIF 360º combines the stability of the TranS1® 3D Axial...

On February 22, 2008, at 10am EST, Dr. Noel Perin, an internationally known neurosurgeon at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, who specializes in disorders of the spine, will perform a METRx Micro Endoscopic Discectomy to treat a herniated lumbar spinal disc, which can cause severe lower pack pain. The...

Medical Student teaching powerpoint presentation.