At , Cory A. Collinge, MD, spoke about current concepts in amputation.“Obviously, amputation is something that nobody really wants to talk about, but it’s a vital part of what we do,” Collinge, an ...

The prosthesis itself won't even touch his skin. "Instead of having the weight of your body on the external skin of your stump, you're taking it on the end of the bone like you're supposed to," Reff ...

THE possibility of preventing the formation of a so-called amputation neuroma on the distal end of the proximal part of a cut peripheral nerve is one that has to be commonly faced by general and ...

Around 2 million people in the United States have had an amputation or were born with a limb difference, and 185,000 undergo amputation surgery each year, according to the Amputee Coalition. No two ...

SURGICAL opinion varies widely as to the advisability of performing below-knee amputations in limbs that exhibit diminished circulation at the level of amputation. It has been shown that below-knee ...