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 staff ...

When an ulcer appeared on his toe in the fall of 2023, Tony Rastall assumed it would heal with routine care. Instead, the small wound marked the beginning of a rapid decline in circulation that ...

Yet these amputation procedures receive automatic insurance approval with no questions asked, no prior authorization, and no evidence review. There is no credible medical evidence suggesting that ...

CLEVELAND — Cindy Elford was the first patient at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center to have her leg saved by the LimFlow device. We met just after the procedure. Years later, she's still ...

Cynthia Elford loves to travel and hike, but a few years ago, her Type 1 diabetes made getting around nearly impossible. By 2018, the Pennsylvania grandmother faced the possibility of losing her right ...

New device expands AtriCure’s market opportunity in post-operative pain management while addressing a significant unmet clinical need Recently cleared under an FDA 510(k), the cryoXT device is ...

When Derek from Indiana first noticed problems with his toes, he followed his doctor’s advice without question – amputation. Diabetes, they told him, was the culprit. One by one, his toes were ...

Surgical site infection incidence varies considerably among clinically defined procedures in five National Healthcare Safety Network surgery categories, according to a study published in the American ...