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A novel surgical technique could dramatically improve walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and help them better control their prosthetics. A study published Monday in Nature Medicine ...

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 ...

With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid ...

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 ...

Doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare successfully performed a below-knee advanced endovascular atherectomy using Jetstream technology, saving a patient's leg from amputation. This minimally invasive ...

The procedure is known as LimFlow therapy and the clinical trial that Elford was enrolled in not only saved her foot but found that the therapy enabled most patients to avoid amputation and experience ...

For patients with chronic, limb-threatening ischemia due to atherosclerosis that affects the arteries below the knee, a revascularization strategy using endovascular treatment as the first option was ...

State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don’t give the user full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic sensors ...