The U.S. Olympian said trauma to her fractured left leg led to compartment syndrome, which could have caused her to lose the limb.

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways medieval surgeons hadn’t. This was partly because they confronted two new ...

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

A new brain-controlled bionic limb has the ability to help people with leg amputations more easily navigate obstacles and walk more quickly, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine shows.

American skier Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a frightening crash in the women's downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

A line-of-duty injury nearly took his life. Four years later, a former St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer is faced with a ...

Lindsey Vonn has revealed she needed a 6-hour surgery to save her broken leg from amputation following her horror crash that ...

MIDWAY, Utah — When doctors told Joe Pleban at 21 years old that a tumor had destroyed his ankle and competitive sports were over, he faced a choice: fuse the joint and give up athletics, or take a ...

Ruth Codd had said before her operation she hoped to feel "pretty unstoppable" after the procedure Celebrity Traitors player and actress Ruth Codd has said she is recovering after a second leg ...

Perris electrician Wayne Wolff, 59, filed a lawsuit alleging a surgeon severed an artery and then lied about it.

American skier Lindsey Vonn, who crashed seconds into her downhill race at the 2026 Winter Olympics​, said she is finally out of the hospital as she recovers.