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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The past couple of years have not been easy for Jimmy Mlejnek. Now 59 years old, he’s living at the Grove Fox Valley rehabilitation center in Aurora, waiting for what remains of his legs to heal ...

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 ...

"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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Airing in the pre-game show exclusively in Joplin, Missouri, the TV spot highlights seventh-grader Elijah Schultz, who received his first prosthetic from the Challenged Athletes Foundation at the age ...