Amputation rates for patients with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, have long been higher in rural America than in cities, largely because of a lack of access to specialty care. For years, health ...

A new study, led by researchers from the University of Sheffield and published in BJS Open, highlights the urgent need to improve care and prevention strategies, especially for people with diabetes.

In my years as a patient advocate, I’ve had countless conversations with healthcare executives about the economics of limb preservation versus amputation. During one particularly candid exchange at a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since the beginning of the Russian military aggression, the number of Ukrainians left without one or more limbs has reached ...

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Men, Black patients, and those living in areas with low ...

CLEVELAND -- September is peripheral artery disease (PAD) awareness month and presents an opportunity to recognize the disproportionate impact this disease has on vulnerable communities in Cleveland.

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 ...

Three new studies from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) highlight the use and advantages of osseointegration (OI) for individuals with an amputation, in some instances challenging prevailing beliefs ...