Osseointegrated implants — metal, robotic prosthetic systems that enable bone to grow over the artificial limb — were found to have minimal risk for severe infection in a recent study published in the ...

Saving lives through surgery is no longer exclusive to humans. Scientists now detail how Florida carpenter ants, a common, brown species native to its namesake, selectively treat the wounded limbs of ...

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 ...

Humans are no longer the only species on Earth that can perform surgery to save lives. A new study says that certain species of ants can not only detect injuries in colony members but also decide ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with diabetic foot infection had a 95% limb salvage rate with local antibiotic-loaded hydroxyapatite ...

Operating on the principle, "Save a Limb, Save a Life," Lexington Healthcare Hospitals addresses the growing burden of diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, chronic non-healing wounds, and infected ...

A mum had to have her left leg amputated when it got infected – after she broke the limb falling down the stairs. Louise Bird, 43, was getting her kids ready for school and rushed down the stairs and ...