Researchers found targeted muscle reinnervation used in military patients at the time of primary amputation or delayed amputation was safe and efficacious as a pain treatment method. Read more.
Researchers found targeted muscle reinnervation used in military patients at the time of primary amputation or delayed amputation was safe and efficacious as a pain treatment method. Read more.
An amputee recently became the third patient in Canada to undergo osseointegration, a relatively new procedure aimed at giving amputees higher functionality, mobility and comfort.
Patients undergoing the nerve preimplantation procedure had less pain than patients undergoing conventional amputations as measured by best, current, and residual pain scores. The nerve transplant group also experienced less phantom pain.