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 ...

Warner said the risk of amputation "was a chance worth taking because standing still in that pain felt like losing everything ...

In reconstruction, the question is not whether a limb can be saved. It is whether the life attached to it can be lived. L. Scott Levin, MD, chair emeritus of orthopedic surgery and professor of ...

The World Champion Wrestling star had undergone "several surgeries" over the past five years, but his leg never healed In a video posted on YouTube on Friday, July 18, the World Champion Wrestling ...

For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits and may lead to greater improvement in hand function and other key ...

After 18 months of pain, and 17 operations, a Texas mom injured in the Boston Marathon bombing has opted to have her leg amputated, saying that it will be a "new beginning." "Hasta La Vista lefty!!" ...

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor had much of her right leg amputated Friday due to persistent blood clots and an infection that permeated the bone, according to her publicist. Gabor, 93, was taken to Ronald ...

Humans are no longer the only species on Earth that can perform surgery to save lives. A new study says that certain species of ants can not only detect injuries in colony members but also decide ...

In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Wavny Toussaint presides over a medical malpractice trial as plaintiff’s attorney, Robert Godosky (standing) of the law office Godosky & Gentile, addresses the jury in ...