Look, no one wants to lose a finger, but it happens more often than you'd think. And when it does, the stakes are naturally high, since fingers and thumbs are critical for nearly every task we do.

When a person loses a leg above the knee, the nerves that once moved that leg don’t simply go quiet. They keep firing.

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — An 80-year-old woman woke up one morning in February with severe pain and a swollen, red leg. Not long after, she was in a hospital bed, preparing for emergency toe amputation ...

Waltham — August 7, 2025 — For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits and may lead to greater improvement in hand ...