[AMP-L] Amputation Reconstruction Launches Osseointegration Program

[Wayne Renardson]

via NYU Lagone Health Center:

NYU Langone´s Center for Amputation Reconstruction Launches 
Osseointegration Program with FDA-Approved Implant System.

NYU Langone Health has completed its first set of surgeries using the 
only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved implantable 
prosthetic for people with limb loss available in the greater New 
York City area. The procedure, known as osseointegration, seeks to 
improve quality of life for people with limb loss by enhancing the 
connection between limb and prosthesis.  

The two-step surgical procedure was performed by physicians at NYU 
Langone´s Center for Amputation Reconstruction in partnership with 
Integrum, which developed the Osseoanchored Prostheses for the 
Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System. The OPRA Implant 
System is the first and only FDA-approved technology for  
bone-anchored prostheses in the United States.

The rest of the story, with photo & illustration, here:

https://tinyurl.com/2gshuddh

Wayne R.