A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that there may finally be an alternative to amputation for patients suffering from chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), the most ...

Cynthia Elford loves to travel and hike, but a few years ago, her Type 1 diabetes made getting around nearly impossible. By 2018, the Pennsylvania grandmother faced the possibility of losing her right ...

Newswise — More than 75% of patients facing amputation from the most severe form of peripheral artery disease were able to keep their limb after an innovative treatment as part of a multicenter study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transcatheter deep venous arterialization conferred high rates of 6-month amputation-free survival in patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Health care system expenditures and patient satisfaction can be improved with the addition of nerve ...

CLEVELAND — According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 400 people a day lose a leg or foot to diabetes, peripheral artery disease or neuropathy. But an experimental procedure, called ...

More than 400 Americans undergo major amputation of a leg, either above or below the knee, every day. Many of them suffer from what’s known as chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), a form of ...

An Ohio woman is now a double amputee after her surgeon allegedly chopped off the wrong leg when she underwent a required ...

Sharon Jacks is suing her surgeon, members of a surgical team and a Marietta hospital after she said doctors amputated the wrong leg during surgery last year.

Performing proactive surgery to adjust the mechanics of the foot, appears to be effective to treat diabetic foot ulcers, a common and debilitating complication of diabetes, without the potential ...