A new procedure is making a world of a difference for those living with limb loss.
– There are as many as two million amputees in the United States. Many are fitted with prosthetic limbs that improve their mobility. But as many as 50 percent of all amputees have a difficult time wearing their prosthetic. Now, a new procedure is making a world of a difference for those living with limb loss.
“They amputated me above the knee because the infection, it was growing so rapidly,” Potts tells Ivanhoe.Potts emphasizes, “Every step I took, it was a stinging, burning and there was nothing I could do about it.” Dr. Mayerson says, “Instead of having a socket, like a shoe, we can have a prosthetic leg that just snaps the same way that you would snap a drill bit into a drill.”
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