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Studies highlight benefits of osseointegration for patients with limb amputations

Three new studies from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) highlight the use and advantages of osseointegration (OI) for individuals with an amputation, in some instances challenging prevailing beliefs ...
New Atlas

Nervous-system-driven prostheses give amputees greater control

A new surgical technique for below-the-knee amputations retains a person’s ability to receive sensory feedback from remaining muscles. Having a prosthetic leg driven by an amputee’s own nervous system ...
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America’s amputation crisis (Part 2 of 4): The evident double standard costing patients their limbs

Atherectomy for Lower Limb Revascularization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, published in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy, demonstrated that atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Removal of over Five Inches of the Lower End of the Femur — Reproduction of the Bone — Subsequent Disease above and below the Knee — Amputation — Recovery

E. S. Cooper, A.M., M.D.