Courtney, 30, has had to have one of the rarest amputations in the world ...

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 ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For hours on end last year, Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers ran the brain-controlled robotic limb through its paces, testing its capabilities on a series of patients ...

MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to better control their residual muscles and sense where their "phantom limb" is in space. This restored sense of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Those who lose a limb often live with intense pain that seems to be coming from the part of the body that's no longer there. A new application of a surgical procedure can bring ...

Lindsey Vonn's No. 1 priority following her Winter Olympics crash is saving her leg, according to a French surgeon.

Nelson Thomas underwent successful surgery to have part of his leg amputated following last year’s horrific car wreck. As previously reported, he decided to have amputation surgery following his ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- A 52-year old Maine man is the first to undergo an experimental amputation. If it's successful, it will allow his brain to control a robotic prosthesis, restoring natural movement. Jim ...

Madison County Investigator Lee Brousseau recovers after foot amputation surgery at Chicago's Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, ...

A woman was told by a surgeon who is now under investigation she might need to have her hand amputated - before another ...