MIT researchers have built a bone-anchored bionic knee that lets above-knee amputees walk faster, climb stairs and clear ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method to restore astoundingly natural movement in people who have had leg amputations above the knee. Rather than fit ...

MIT researchers have developed a new bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb ...

A new bionic knee allows amputees to walk faster, climb stairs more easily, and adroitly avoid obstacles, researchers ...

Below-the-knee amputation was rarely done for diabetic gangrene before the advent of antibiotics and improved diabetic care. Its advantages as compared with low-thigh amputation are many.

Doctors completed a below-the-knee amputation of her right leg. At first, things were going well. But as White tried to heal, she began to struggle with pain around the site of the amputation.