Placenta tissue saved Ron Williams’ leg from being amputated below the knee. Williams, a 64-year-old Toronto screenwriter, ...

A scratch from a stray cat led to a woman having her leg amputated. Fran Oborski's wound turned into cellulitis, which then ...

physicians had to learn how to judge the severity of the wound, recognize the potential for serious infection, and decide on the best course of treatment, which often included amputation.

It was soon recognized that primary amputation saved lives. Waiting to operate often resulted in a horribly infected wound. Clean white pus was expected in a normal healing wound; four deadly ...

One of the two procedures simulates a fracture to spur bone growth and increase blood flow to aid healing. Read more at ...