New technology called "Ottobock Empower" is changing the game for amputees. At Hartford HealthCare, the advanced equipment is ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Incoming East Carolina University freshman Parker Byrd underwent a successful below-the-knee amputation Thursday evening, his mother announced. Byrd has now undergone eight ...

Surgery preparations Investigators analyzed real world data to examine the risk for below-knee amputations in patients with type 2 diabetes taking canagliflozin vs other medications. ORLANDO — A ...

FOR more than ten years there has been a tendency to use below-the-knee rather than supracondylar amputation at the New England Deaconess Hospital in the management of diabetic gangrene when more ...

"Pure determination." These two words have come to define AJ Digby's athletic career from the time he started running in seventh grade until now, his junior year at the University of Mount Union. Born ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Incoming ECU ...

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 ...

The last two years have been a rollercoaster for Nelson Thomas. In 2023, The Challenge star was involved in a near-fatal car accident. He crashed his car into a bridge, and the vehicle burst into ...

I have been an above-knee amputee for over 50 years. For the first 30 years, my prosthesis was balsa wood with a simple mechanical knee. I fell a lot, could only walk at one fixed speed, would sweat ...

The 19-year-old newcomer uses her lived experience with limb differences to depict a unique yet universal take on adolescence: "I know what it’s like to experience the pain, the emotion, the life that ...