Patients of Sunderland hand surgeon Leslie Irwin are being recalled as part of an investigation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amputees in 16th century Europe commissioned iron hands from artisans, many of whom had never made prostheses before. Lernestål, ...

One Southern California man is suing a San Diego doctor's office after his simple orthopaedic surgery went wrong and resulted in an amputation. San Diego resident Mike Szabo said it all started with a ...

Objectives To provide a nationwide epidemiological assessment of upper limb amputations (ULAs) in Germany, including incidence trends, underlying aetiologies, amputation levels and revision patterns, ...

Lorraine Pettie, a 52-year-old mother, suffered a devastating arm amputation after doctors mistook her necrotic hand for ink stains. Following her amputation, her health declined rapidly, culminating ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that the brain holds a ‘map’ of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it ...