Study finds minimal risk for serious infection with 'in bone' prosthesis

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 15:20 in Health & Medicine

A new study found minimal risk for severe infection with osseointegrated implants -- a newer prosthetic system, press-fitted directly into the femur bone -- that enables bone growth over a metal, robotic prosthetic limb in patients with above knee amputations.

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