An Abbott-funded report, written by leading vascular experts from the NHS, found that the health service could save more than ...
Shot by famous photographer Rankin, the images coincided with a health economics report published in the British Journal of Surgery and aimed to help people see and acknowledge the problem behind the ...
After years of decreasing amputations in the United States, rates of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations due to ...
After years of decreasing amputations in the United States, rates of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations due to diabetes and related conditions are rising, and Oklahoma is among the states with ...
Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...
AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGO), a leading and transformative medical technology company focused on restoring healthy blood flow in the body's vascular system, expanding cancer treatment options ...
This 22-year-old had to get her arm amputated due to a rare cancer. She had an open-casket funeral for it that went viral and brought healing.
In the UK, around 3,000 amputations take place every year according to healthcare company, Abbott. For Karl Sweeney, who was ...
In amputation, the goal is to preserve as much of the limb's length as possible. With lower extremities, for example, less energy is expended when walking on longer limbs. Thus, a below-knee ...
Alicia Ortstad, 19, from Uppsala, Sweden, was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2023, after suffering a series of symptoms she put down to regular joint pain. Now the disease has spread.