[AMP-L] New Procedure Helping People With Limb Loss [OSSEO] [Video]

[Wayne Renardson]

via KSAT Ohio:

There are as many as two million amputees in the United States. Many 
are fitted with prosthetic limbs that improve their mobility. But as 
many as 50 percent of all amputees have a difficult time wearing 
their prosthetic. Now, a new procedure is making a world of a 
difference for those living with limb loss.  

Thirty-one-year-old Broc Potts feels at home working with his hands. 
But standing was painful until recently. Potts is a survivor of 
childhood cancer of the bone. During treatment as a teen, Potts 
suffered a life-threatening infection.  

"They amputated me above the knee because the infection, it was 
growing so rapidly," Potts tells Ivanhoe.  

For almost a decade, Potts´s old prosthetic rubbed against his  
residual leg until it was raw.

The rest of the story, with video, here:

https://tinyurl.com/26xdatqa

Wayne R.