Background: The use of prosthetic grafts in the treatment of intermittent claudication is still a controversy. Prosthetic bypass for this usually benign condition may in some cases lead to a graft ...

We herein describe a case of erectile dysfunction in a young previously potent amputee, associated with site-specific compression injury from a perineal weight-bearing lower extremity above-knee ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an option for patients who have trouble with the standard socket leg prosthetics that are typically used for those with above-the-knee amputation.

Patients with failed total knee arthroplasties may not be candidates for revision arthroplasty or rotating hinge prostheses due to infection, systemic wound problems and massive bone loss; however, ...

For an estimated two million people in the U.S. living with limb loss, commercial-grade prosthetics can be bulky, unintuitive, and still make everyday activities, like stepping over a sleeping cat, a ...

Three graft infections occurred after a lymphatic complication. The other 14 graft infections were probably due to contamination at the time of surgery or to delayed wound healing. Re-operative ...