The self-described “Eunuch maker” even branded some paying victims with his nickname’s initials “EM,” a British court heard in May 2024 when he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 22 ...

A recent discovery in Borneo, Indonesia, has rewritten medical history. Evidence suggests that amputation surgery could have occurred as early as 31,000 years ago. The remains of an individual were ...

Boyko EJ, Zelnick LR, Braffett BH, et al. Risk of foot ulcer and lower-extremity amputation among participants in the diabetes control and complications trial/epidemiology of diabetes interventions ...

Man deals with ‘gut punch’ after routine surgery leads to leg amputation at California hospital ‘If somebody had done their job, I’d be not talking to you right now,’ says Wayne Wolff ...

What is amputation? Amputation means removing a part of the body completely. Usually, the surgeon removes part of an arm or leg rather than the whole limb. Sometimes amputation is extremely major ...

If you have diabetes, you're at higher risk for many related health problems, including foot or leg amputation.That's when you have surgery to remove a limb or a digit like a toe or finger.

Research Highlights: Adults in their 50s with peripheral artery disease or PAD — are more likely than adults older than 80 to undergo leg amputation one to five years after an emergency surgery ...

People in their 50s with severe peripheral artery disease or PAD may be more likely than people in their 80s to undergo leg amputation one to five years after emergency surgery to restore blood ...

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 ...

Novel surgery meets bionics in breakthrough for limb amputation. Story by Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY ... and the standard approach to limb amputation wouldn't be "all that different." ...

The surgery takes about twice as long as a typical amputation ‒ about 3 hours as opposed to 90 minutes ‒ but isn't much more technically complicated, he told USA TODAY.