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Live Online Surgery at Halifax Health

Halifax Health presented its second live online surgery — a partial knee replacement — in June. J. Richard Rhodes, MD, a surgeon with Atlantic Orthopedics, performed the procedure using the Oxford^® implant, while Srinivasa Sridhar, MD, answered questions that members of the online audience sent by e-mail.

Partial knee replacement surgery involves replacing damaged cartilage and bone. Healthy bone, cartilage and ligaments can be preserved, which may help prevent or delay a total knee replacement.

Dr. Rhodes has been performing partial knee replacements for several years and has completed more than 60 during the past year using the Oxford implant.

Compared to other implants, the Oxford system offers a more natural motion, more flexibility, less pain and a higher long-term success rate.

“Patients may be back to work in as little as two weeks, as opposed to more than a month with other devices,” said Dr. Rhodes. “And, there are no restrictions on activity following the brief recovery period. It is truly a prosthetic for today’s active society.”

Podcasts and vodcasts of the event are available through YouTube, Google, Yahoo!, MSN and iTunes. The procedure also is archived on the Halifax Health Web site, halifaxhealth.org.