WEST HARTFORD, CT -- (Marketwire) -- 05/25/10 -- ORLive, your destination for live and on-demand surgery video, introduces a new video focused on a minilaparotomy procedure for hysterectomy. We continue our focus on reproductive health and sexual medicine by highlighting the Childbirth Education and Lactation Center at Mercy Hospital, Miami, and we invite you to explore this on-demand resource.

This week ORLive also invites you to take part in the latest installment of the Virtual Brain Tumor Board, and to watch and learn from our library of VATS surgery programs.

LIVE SURGERY VIDEO -- Expanding Patient Options: Minilaparotomy for Hysterectomy

East Coast: Live Program, May 26, 7:00 PM EDT
West Coast: Live Program, May 26, 7:00 PM PDT

If you're facing a hysterectomy and worrying about finding a specialist, you can rest assured. Find out why more and more physicians have the training to do this procedure making your choices that much easier. Learn more about "Expanding Patient Options: Minilaparotomy for Hysterectomy," Wednesday, May 26th at 7:00pm & 10:00pm EDT on ORLive.

Viewers will be able to interact and ask questions via the ORLive website. Learn more about this live video broadcast, and request a live broadcast reminder on ORLive.com.

NOW ON-DEMAND -- Simplified Knee Surgery Experience with Zimmer Patient Specific Instruments

Save steps in your next knee surgery. See how Zimmer is using 3D modeling that can simplify surgery with reduced instrumentation. Watch Dr. Michael Bolognesi perform this surgery, hosted by Dr. Todd Sekundiak from Duke University.

NOW ON-DEMAND -- Advances in Weight Loss Surgery: The Fully Robotic Gastric Bypass

South Miami Hospital's Weight-loss Surgery Program took center stage Thursday, May 20, when viewers of a live webcast watched as bariatric surgeon Anthony Gonzalez, MD, performed a full robotic gastric bypass surgery with the da Vinci robot.

The webcast is moderated by bariatric surgeon Jorge Rabaza, MD. Viewers also can choose to watch the procedure in Spanish.

ORLIVE REFERRALS -- Week of May 24, 2010

Each week ORLive highlights on-demand videos for our membership and visitors.

Reproductive Health and Sexual Medicine Referral: Childbirth Education and Lactation Center at Miami Hospital

CME Referral: Improving the Diagnosis and Referral of Women with Ovarian Cancer

Viewer's Referral: Awake Craniotomy

PREVIEW: Treating Moyamoya Disease

Live Program, June 8, 10:00 AM EDT

It means "puff of smoke" and it could lead to strokes in children. See how the team at Children's Hospital Boston is taking the lead on treating this very rare condition. Don't miss "Treating Moyamoya Disease," June 8th at 10:00 AM EDT.

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 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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