Myles Grimmett had a bone transplanted from his leg into his arm when he was 5 years old in a groundbreaking surgery that saved him from amputation Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Dec. 7, 2007 — -- Imagine, if you will, a surgeon breaking your leg bones in four places ... 2] or [5 foot 3] and well adjusted but being short is something that is very disturbing to ...

Babies born with the genetic condition often have a cleft palate and develop short limbs by the time ... “The idea of treating the limb bones medically rather than surgically is a really ...

With the patient under a general anesthetic, doctors drill screws into the top and bottom of the abnormally short bone. The screws are fastened into a metal frame that will stabilize the leg ...

It may have struck his cartridge box first, which sent it tumbling through the muscle of his right buttock, broke his right leg and buried itself sideways in his thigh bone just below the hip.

“The ultimate goal is to make a more natural way to replace a lost limb, to improve the quality of life for people with amputations.” Osseointegration, the process that connects bones to the ...

Scientists have uncovered a pit of human bones at a Civil War battlefield in Virginia. The remains are the amputated limbs of wounded Union soldiers. It's the first "limb pit" from a Civil War ...

Limb sparing surgery is the main operation for primary bone cancer in the arms or legs. This page is about cancer that starts in your bone (primary bone cancer). If your cancer has spread into bone ...