News & Patient Stories
Osseointegration/Limb Restoration News
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Apr 26, 2023The theme of last Friday鈥檚 2nd Annual Limb Preservation Foundation Symposium (co-sponsored by Amplitude) was 鈥淗ope, Help & Possibilities.鈥 It was hard not to feel hopeful after the day-long event, which showcased the bounty of emerging treatments and technologies to improve amputees鈥 lives. There were sessions on mobility, mental health, pain management, osseointegration, next-gen bionic limbs, and a whole lot more. -
Sep 21, 2022Eric Mollaret, a transfemoral amputee and recipient of the OPRA鈩 Implant System, enjoys the ordinary, simple and everyday freedoms that many take for granted. PHOTO: Integrum NEED TO KNOW 鈥 Approximately 2,000 individuals worldwide, and 500 who live in the United States, have undergone osseointegration (OI) surgery to attach a prosthesis via implant.
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Sep 4, 2022Lauren Malinowitzer never imagined she would spend an entire year sitting in a recliner, deeply depressed from an orthopedic surgery gone wrong. But dead nerves in her right ankle stole her mobility, and daily battles with chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) filled her with despair. During one especially bad morning in 2019, Malinowitzer felt the only way out of her agony was to stop living altogether. She wrote goodbye notes to her family and stashed them away. Then she went off to a medical appointment in Manhattan that changed everything.
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Dec 15, 2022Background: More than half of patients with lower-limb amputation who use socket prostheses experience at least one fall annually. These falls are primarily attributed to reduced proprioception which negatively affects balance. A promising alternative to socket prostheses are osseointegrated prostheses that involve direct fixation of the prosthetic limb to the residual limb through a bone-anchored implant, yet its effect on balance remains unknown. Research question: Do osseointegrated prostheses change static and dynamic balance, as well as patient reported measures of balance confidence, compared to a socket prosthesis?
Trauma News
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Channel 7 News, 鈥淐hanges Promised at Dangerous I-225 & 17th Place Interchange
Jan 12, 2014Channel 7 News, 鈥淐hanges Promised at Dangerous I-225 & 17th Place InterchangeFull story -
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Jan 22, 2014Dr. Jason Stoneback and his wife, Gin Stoneback, appeared on KUSA-DEN Channel 9 (NBC) 麻豆传媒高清 & Company to promote the upcoming benefit for CU Orthopedics, Hearts of All Ages.Full story -
Channel 9 News, 鈥淪urgeon Volunteers to Serve as Stock Show 鈥楻odeo Doc"
Jan 24, 2014When your job is to be thrown off a bucking horse or fired-up bull, having a doctor nearby is probably a good idea.Full story -
Feb 15, 2014The freezing cold weather 麻豆传媒高清 is seeing leaves lots of ice on the ground and that can be dangerous, but doctors say there's an even higher risk once things warm up.