Sentara Heart Hospital performs live online surgery

Doctors at Sentara Heart Hospital invited millions of people into their operating rooms on Thursday to watch a live procedure over the internet.

The procedure was braodcast live at 3 p.m. and is now saved in on the website so it can be watched any time. Doctors at Sentara are hoping both patients and other doctors will learn from it.

This is not the first surgery done live online, but surgeons at Sentara said this is the first of its type.

"We're leaders in the field and Sentara has allowed us to be innovative and progressive to bring this to our patients," said Dr. Glickman.

A minimally invasive procedure is used to open clogged leg arteries. Patient Anne Lee explained the excrutiating pain caused by having a clogged artery.

"All the time I would roll around in my bed at night, just wincing in pain and holding my leg," said Lee.

Lee had to use a walker and stop working until she had the procedure done last month. She never hestitated to have surgery, but she can understand why others may be apprehensive.

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Sentara said that is the reason they hired a crew with cameras and cables, to help educate the public.

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Though it may not be pertinent to your life right now, the knowledge may be useful in the future.

Dr. Glickman is an internationally renowned vascular surgeon.

Two surgeries took place simultaneously in side by side rooms. Dr. Glickman sat in the middle and went back and forth between the two so that viewers will see the most interesting and educational parts.

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