News about Steve Wallace
After having'revolutionary' surgery that inserts titanium rod into his stumps that allows prosthetic attachments, the double amputee learns to walk again
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April 5, 2024
An Oregon-based surgeon successfully performed the first osseointegration, or a procedure that involves inserting a titanium implant into a patient's bone. A prosthetic leg can be attached directly to the body. Doctors report that the procedure has a variety of advantages over standard arm and leg socket-mounted prosthetics. Patients who have undergone this surgery will have less pain, more independence, and the ability to feel the ground underneath - what is often described as 'osseoperception.'