A research team led by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has, for the first time, successfully ...

Background: The use of prosthetic grafts in the treatment of intermittent claudication is still a controversy. Prosthetic bypass for this usually benign condition may in some cases lead to a graft ...

We herein describe a case of erectile dysfunction in a young previously potent amputee, associated with site-specific compression injury from a perineal weight-bearing lower extremity above-knee ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an option for patients who have trouble with the standard socket leg prosthetics that are typically used for those with above-the-knee amputation.

Eight-year-old Marynа Ponomariova from Kherson Oblast has become the first girl wearing an above-knee prosthesis to ski down a slope with a coach, setting a national record. Details: Marynа, who is ...

For an estimated two million people in the U.S. living with limb loss, commercial-grade prosthetics can be bulky, unintuitive, and still make everyday activities, like stepping over a sleeping cat, a ...

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Decoding motor intentions directly from within peripheral nerves may enable more natural and intuitive control of prosthetic limbs. In the study, researchers successfully interpreted signals from the ...

Three graft infections occurred after a lymphatic complication. The other 14 graft infections were probably due to contamination at the time of surgery or to delayed wound healing. Re-operative ...