In 4 cases the below-the-knee amputation was performed after open guillotine amputation of the foot had been done for the immediate control of advancing sepsis. In most cases infection played a ...

Leg amputation rates caused by arterial disease are four times as high in the most disadvantaged areas in England. The study, from the University of Sheffield, also found patients living in the ...

Because of a gangrenous upper flap of the Syme-amputation stump, a below-knee amputation was carried out on April 13, 1961. In this incision staphylococcal infection also developed and failed to heal.

Morgan Stickney at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in February. She set remarkable times in the 100- and 400-meter freestyle months after a below-the-knee amputation of ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Incoming East Carolina University freshman Parker Byrd underwent a successful below-the-knee amputation Thursday evening, his mother announced. Byrd has now undergon… ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Drug Watchdog fears that some users of the type two diabetes drug called Invokana may have developed kidney failure or a below the knee amputation ...