The amputation happened when the individual was perhaps 12 years old, the skeleton indicates. Gone is the lower portion of the left leg. And somehow, the individual survived the surgical procedure — a ...

Limb-sparing surgery, which has been taking the place of amputation for bone and soft tissue sarcomas of the lower limb in recent years, may not provide much or even any additional benefit to patients ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

The AMI was first implemented surgically in a human patient at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Boston, by Matthew J Carty, MD, one of the paper's authors, a surgeon in the Division of Plastic ...

In Borneo, researchers have discovered the oldest case of a surgical amputation, in which a person's left lower leg and left foot were purposefully removed. The scientists estimated that the surgery ...

Researchers have uncovered the oldest case of surgical amputation to date in Borneo. The find presents a remarkable feat in human prehistory. The discovery describes the skeletal remains of a young ...

Diagnosed with fibular hemimelia%2C Jackson Lange is scheduled to have his foot amputated Wednesday. The 8-month-old from Bridgewater will have his surgery at Boston Children%27s Hospital. A rare bone ...

Collinsville's Jenni Smith is seeking financial assistance for her husband’s medical care and family expenses following a ...

A Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was injured “in a serious traffic incident” in July will undergo surgery to ...

A Winnipeg pet owner whose cat Shadow needed a hind leg amputated after an error during surgery says she is glad the ...