Researchers at MIT have developed a bionic knee that redefines mobility for above-the-knee amputees. Unlike traditional ...

Pro wrestling and veteran WWE legend Marcus “Buff” Bagwell has recently undergone an above-the-knee amputation at the age of ...

SAN DIEGO — A study presented here showed similar complication and reoperation rates, as well as Knee Society Scores, for knee fusion and above knee amputation in complex cases of knee ...

Bilateral above-knee amputation in an elderly patient almost invariably results in a wheelchair existence, or at best the use of short "bucket" prostheses, whereas preservation of one or both knee ...

To test the technology, the researchers had six people with above-knee amputations strap on the exoskeleton before their metabolic rate was recorded. The users’ oxygen intake and carbon dioxide ...

In a small number of cases, treatment of the infection is unsuccessful, requiring amputation of the limb at a level above the knee. Of the 33,000 patients with PJI, about three percent had AKA.

"He gave it everything he had to avoid this outcome — but that fight led him here," the wrestler's friend said.