Computer-Assisted Total Knee Replacement

OR-Live.com webcast May 2, 2008 at 12:00 PM EDT

From Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

Jason E. Lang, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, will perform a computer-assisted total knee replacement that begins at 12 Noon, Friday, May 2. William G. Ward Sr., M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon who also performs joint replacements, will narrate the procedure and take questions from Internet viewers.

Lang's areas of expertise include partial and total knee and hip replacement, computer-assisted total joint surgery, and revision surgery of the hips and knees. Lang has made presentations at national meetings and been published in national journals.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• knee
• surgery
• computer-assisted
• orthopaedic
• joint
• TKR
• Lang

[sargeantjoku]

Ha "eliminate the pain"? Please don't believe that. Find someone who has had a knee replacement and find out how much pain they are in during rehab.

[xotinamariaxo]

I had dislocated knee at 14..surgery at 15,major knee surgery at 17.Then my cartiledge shaved out at 34.It dislocated over 2 years ago when i didnt have health ins.I finally got ins & been going to a hospital & they are sending me to a 3rd orthopedic doctor at Hershey Med Center.They said i need a new knee but dont know what to do about my dislocations.I have to wear a brace 24hrs a day.????

[coppfish79]

Interesting video.

[rhider2009]

How long will a knee replacement last, Can a person run on a total new knee replacement?