What brought me here the most was the thought in my head, ‘I am here because of my kids,’ ” he said. “Not everybody has that. If I didn’t have my kids, I don’t know that I would have made it. My ...

A MAJOR problem in the rehabilitation of patients subjected to hemipelvectomy has been the adaptation of a suitable prosthetic appliance. Owing to the rarity of this type of amputation ...

In standard below-the-knee amputations, muscles that control the foot are wrapped around the stump to create a soft padding, which makes the prosthetic more comfortable. However, this process ...

A qualitative study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a fully digital fabrication process for transtibial amputations ... in prosthetic socket design. Research on laminated composite ...

Join STAT and NOVA for a discussion on the documentary “Augmented,” exploring the pioneering amputation surgery described in the film and new advances in brain-controlled prosthetic limbs.