A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that there may finally be an alternative to amputation for patients suffering from chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), the most ...

Newswise — More than 75% of patients facing amputation from the most severe form of peripheral artery disease were able to keep their limb after an innovative treatment as part of a multicenter study ...

Cynthia Elford loves to travel and hike, but a few years ago, her Type 1 diabetes made getting around nearly impossible. By 2018, the Pennsylvania grandmother faced the possibility of losing her right ...

Tami McCray's toes were turning black when she arrived at LECOM Medical Center, a sign that the blood flow in her lower legs was blocked. McCray, 64, had been hospitalized in late May after a fall at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transcatheter deep venous arterialization conferred high rates of 6-month amputation-free survival in patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Health care system expenditures and patient satisfaction can be improved with the addition of nerve ...

More than 400 Americans undergo major amputation of a leg, either above or below the knee, every day. Many of them suffer from what’s known as chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), a form of ...

A novel surgical technique could dramatically improve walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and help them better control their prosthetics. A study published Monday in Nature Medicine ...

CLEVELAND — According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 400 people a day lose a leg or foot to diabetes, peripheral artery disease or neuropathy. But an experimental procedure, called ...

Performed early – at the time of amputation – a procedure called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) can reduce pain scores and prevent complications related to abnormal nerve regrowth, suggests a ...