CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

In reconstruction, the question is not whether a limb can be saved. It is whether the life attached to it can be lived. L. Scott Levin, MD, chair emeritus of orthopedic surgery and professor of ...

In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Wavny Toussaint presides over a medical malpractice trial as plaintiff’s attorney, Robert Godosky (standing) of the law office Godosky & Gentile, addresses the jury in ...

For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits and may lead to greater improvement in hand function and other key ...

Jerry Majetich lived with intense pain in his right hand for 15 years after suffering serious injuries in a bombing in Iraq in 2005. He decided to have the hand amputated in 2020, and is the first ...

The World Champion Wrestling star had undergone "several surgeries" over the past five years, but his leg never healed In a video posted on YouTube on Friday, July 18, the World Champion Wrestling ...

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor had much of her right leg amputated Friday due to persistent blood clots and an infection that permeated the bone, according to her publicist. Gabor, 93, was taken to Ronald ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque dog reunited with her owners on Tuesday after undergoing multiple operations, including a leg amputation, due to injuries she received in a drive-by shooting.

Alitzeti is recovering quickly. The 2-year-old chimpanzee needed surgery that included a toe amputation following an ...