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

When a person loses a leg above the knee, the nerves that once moved that leg don’t simply go quiet. They keep firing.

In A Nutshell For the first time in humans, scientists decoded intended movements across all three joints of a missing leg, including knee, ankle, and toes, directly from nerve signals. Tiny electrode ...

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.

The Office of Naval Research has announced plans to partner with the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Naval Research Laboratory, and several universities to develop a new form of leg ...

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 ...