The average additional cost in the six months following a fall for transfemoral amputee patients requiring an emergency department visit was $18,000. For patients who had to be hospitalized, this ...

The direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral amputation are described in a new article. In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers ...

An engineering professor hopes to develop an alternative below-knee prosthesis capable of actively powering the ankle joint for amputees. Most people probably do not spend much time contemplating the ...

Three of these, nevertheless, walked with a prosthesis after the amputation, 1 below the knee on the other side and 2 above the knee. After the operation here being evaluated, 16 patients subsequently ...

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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla., USA — Revision total knee arthroplasty was recommended for Rohrbach type 3 periprosthetic fractures in a presentation at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting, here, ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical costs of falls in adults with a transfemoral amputation. In ...