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 ...

In 49 patients the below-the-knee amputation was performed as a second stage, either intentionally or otherwise, during the same hospital admission. Fifteen of this latter group had to have a ...

A new technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), where severed nerves in the amputated limb are rerouted to other muscle targets, is showing impressive reductions in debilitating phantom ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An 81-year-old man with an unclear remote history of right knee surgery developed significant osteoarthritis ...

The same group of researchers who turned the endovascular community on its head last year by detecting a long-term signal of harm with treatment of paclitaxel-based devices for femoropopliteal artery ...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality in humans (World Health Organization, 2002). Clinicians and researchers have identified several risk factors of CVD to screen out the ...

An amputation is a removal of all or a portion of a limb. A doctor may recommend this surgery approach due to chronic disease or a traumatic injury. Advancements in preventive techniques have meant ...