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 ...

The doctors amputated a few of his toes. However, the situation started to worsen, leading to the removal of his entire foot and ultimately, a below-the-knee amputation. "I had an infection on my foot ...

The following is a summary of the "Patients Undergoing Major Amputation for Peripheral Arterial Disease Are at High Risk for ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. -- East Carolina's Parker Byrd, whose right leg was amputated below the knee after a boating accident three years ago, got his first hit as a college player when he singled in the ...

Complications from diabetes led to him being hospitalized for over a month, needing three amputations and four blood transfusions.

Eighty patients (52 males, 28 females; mean age 62 years, age range 21-91 years) underwent 91 TMAs, including 11 bilateral cases and 45 revascularization procedures, at a mean follow-up of 12 ± 1 ...

Tom Jalinski will begin hiking the Wisconsin trail in April as part of an effort to highlight the challenges faced by amputees like him.