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"I wanted a record for other people who might be interested in the same surgery," addedHendrick, who also posted photos and video of his surgery. "It later allowed me to connect with

others with the same issues."As time goes by and the younger generation moves into medicine, expect even more sharing

online of private medical procedures, Parks says.

"Newer and newer generations are used to putting their life online," he said. "This generationshares everything.""Gosh, this is big"

Twitter users -- those "tweeple" -- who kept up with the Henry Ford procedure online got toshare some medical drama in real time. (You can read the "Tweetstream" or watch video of the

tumor removal on YouTube).As Rogers got closer to the tumor, he realized it was far larger than it had appeared on a CT scan,

and he wondered out loud whether he would have to remove the entire kidney -- something he'dbeen trying to avoid.

"Gosh, this is big," he said to his colleagues in the operating room. "Could I have picked a hardercase for this?"

As Rogers worked away on his robotic machinery, the chief resident, Dr. Raj Laungani,Twittered: "Dr. Rogers is saying because the tumor is so large he may have to do a radical (total)

nephrectomy."After conferring with Laungani and others in the operating room, Rogers decided he could

remove just part of the kidney. Then came another challenge: In a surgery like this one, doctorshave to restrict blood flow to the kidney with clamps while they remove the tumor.

Those clamps then have to be removed within 30 minutes so the kidney isn't damaged by thelack of blood. iReport.com: Would you allow your surgeon to "tweet"?

"The goal is to keep the clamp time below 30 minutes," Laungani Twittered. "25 minutes left!!!"Approximately 25 minutes later, Laungani shared his relief with all of Twitterville: "Tumor is

excised, bleeding is controlled, we are about to come off clamp," he wrote.In the end, Rogers had the last tweet. "The robotic partial nephrectomy was a success," he wrote.

"Thank you for joining us today."

Source:

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-02-17/tech/twitter.surgery_1_twitter-and-facebook-social-networking-

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Angeles, John Paolo N. 07-05-11

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