Posted on Jan 30, 2017
Amputee Veterans like their new “emPOWER ankle.” - VAntage Point
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Last October Hines VA Medical Center was selected to be the first VA hospital in the country to fit the new emPOWER ankle on Veterans with amputations. Seven Veterans were invited to trial the new ankle based on activity level and experience with prior ankle designs.
Last October Hines VA Medical Center was selected to be the first VA hospital in the country to fit the new emPOWER ankle on Veterans with amputations. Seven Veterans were invited to trial the new ankle based on activity level and experience with prior ankle designs.
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Last October Hines VA Medical Center was selected to be the first VA hospital in the country to fit the new emPOWER ankle on Veterans with amputations. Seven Veterans were invited to trial the new ankle based on activity level and experience with prior ankle designs.
SrA Christopher Wright LTC Stephen F. LTC Stephen C. SP5 Mark Kuzinski Sgt Kelli Mays COL Mikel J. Burroughs @sfc joe s SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL @ltc frank di LTC (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. Sgt (Join to see) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SN Greg Wright SSG Jessica Bautista SFC William Farrell Col Dona Marie Iversen SGT Robert George SSgt Terry P. @sgt David a SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth @sgt David g Sgt David G Duchesneau LTC Greg Henning
Amputee Veterans like their new “emPOWER ankle.” - VAntage Point
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Military medicine and the VA have made some tremendous gains in prosthetics.
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I shared this with SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas.
There is a new surgery for leg prosthetics, but the US won't approve it yet. It's only done in Australia. My nephew's leg was amputated, after a work related injury. The prosthetic put on here in the US caused him to have much pain and infection. Thankfully his dad is wealthy, and my nephew and his mom went to Australia for the surgery. It's amazing that there is no more pain or infections. The Australia doctor invented this new process by having so many amputees from the Middle East. It is a ball screwed in to the top bone and a socket screwed into the prosthesis and it snaps together and locks down. Mush more improvement since the wooden leg.
There is a new surgery for leg prosthetics, but the US won't approve it yet. It's only done in Australia. My nephew's leg was amputated, after a work related injury. The prosthetic put on here in the US caused him to have much pain and infection. Thankfully his dad is wealthy, and my nephew and his mom went to Australia for the surgery. It's amazing that there is no more pain or infections. The Australia doctor invented this new process by having so many amputees from the Middle East. It is a ball screwed in to the top bone and a socket screwed into the prosthesis and it snaps together and locks down. Mush more improvement since the wooden leg.
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Thanks for sharing SGT (Join to see). I am glad that the veterans who went through the emPOWER ankle-replacement trial at Hines VA Medical Center like their new emPOWER replacement ankle. While it is sad that people including veterans need to have their ankles replaced it is great that technology is improving ankle replacement.
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FYI LTC Stephen C. LTC Thomas Tennant MAJ Ken LandgrenCapt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT 1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSFC William FarrellSSG Leo Bell SSgt (Join to see) Sgt Joe LaBranche SrA Christopher Wright PO3 Steven Sherrill PO1 John Miller Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
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