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REMINDER: This Week on ORLive (February 26, 2010): ORLive Announces Awake Craniotomy Chosen by Viewers as ORLive Video of the Year, and Launches New Surgery Technology Channel From Covidien Surgical

ORLive -- Your Destination for Live and On-Demand Surgery Video

ORLive, your destination for live and on-demand surgery video, announces the viewer's choice for the first annual ORLive Video of the Year was for the Awake Craniotomy presented by Methodist University Hospital. The video was chosen from a pool of 200 broadcasts from 2009, which were narrowed 14 nominees. Methodist University Hospital was also nominated for the Virtual Brain Tumor Board where new cases are presented each week to a growing international audience. ORLive also launched a new Channel from Covidien Surgical this week, featuring Advances in Hemorrhoid Treatment and Technology.

Each week ORLive also invites you take part in the latest installment of the Virtual Brain Tumor Board, and to preview an upcoming broadcast featuring a life saving pediatric surgical procedure from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

NOW ON-DEMAND: Best of ORLive: 2009 a Year in Review
On-Demand -- The Best of 2009 awards marks our 10th Anniversary and celebrates a decade of ORLive presenting the very best of medical content to the world on the Internet. Presented from Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT, this review of the 14 nominated videos and the results of viewer voting is hosted by Lee Newton, and ORLive's president and co-founder Peter Gailey.

Learn more about this broadcast at ORLive.com, and receive notifications of great new content premiering each week by activating your free membership to ORLive today.

NEW CHANNEL: Advances in Hemorrhoid Treatment and Technology
Now Available -- Designed as a resource for physicians, the new Advances in Hemorrhoid Treatment and Technology Video Channel has been created to introduce the Covidien EEATM Hemorrhoid & Prolapse Stapler Set. The stapler Set provides surgeons the next generation of hemorrhoidopexy with new levels of Access, Visibility and Consistency.

This channel is available to members of the ORLive community, and members will be able to interact and ask questions via the ORLive website. Learn more about this channel at ORLive.com, and be ready to take part in this live interactive channel by activating your free membership to ORLive today.

PREVIEW: Best of ORLive: 2009 a Year in Review
Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:00 PM EST -- Brenner Children's Hospital of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will broadcast a presentation of a life-saving procedure, Esophageal Atresia.

Esophageal atresia is a rare congenital disorder in which the esophagus does not develop properly. This disorder is often detected before birth through ultrasound examinations. If not, the disorder is diagnosed at birth. In 85 percent of cases, the esophagus does not connect with the lower esophagus and stomach. Sometimes the top of the esophagus connects with the windpipe and can cause food to be whisked into the windpipe and can cause choking and gagging.

This presentation will be available to members of the ORLive community, and members will be able to interact and ask questions via the ORLive website. Learn more about this broadcast at ORLive.com, and be ready to view this exciting procedure by activating your free membership to ORLive today.

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.