A new technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), where severed nerves in the amputated limb are rerouted to other muscle targets, is showing impressive reductions in debilitating phantom ...

In 49 patients the below-the-knee amputation was performed as a second stage, either intentionally or otherwise, during the same hospital admission. Fifteen of this latter group had to have a ...

A new surgical technique for below-the-knee amputations retains a person’s ability to receive sensory feedback from remaining muscles. Having a prosthetic leg driven by an amputee’s own nervous system ...

SURGICAL opinion varies widely as to the advisability of performing below-knee amputations in limbs that exhibit diminished circulation at the level of amputation. It has been shown that below-knee ...

Atherectomy for Lower Limb Revascularization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, published in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy, demonstrated that atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon ...

The same group of researchers who turned the endovascular community on its head last year by detecting a long-term signal of harm with treatment of paclitaxel-based devices for femoropopliteal artery ...