Dechev is the founder and chief technical officer for the Victoria Hand Project, a non-profit organization based in B.C.’s capital that provides low-cost, fully functioning 3D-printed prosthetic arms to amputees in resource-poor countries.

Source: https://www.100milefreepress.net/news/b-c-group-lends-a-helping-hand-to-ukraine-setting-up-prosthetic-clinics/

Not only do surgeons rely on virtual reality to perform surgeries, but haptic technology can vastly improve the lives of amputees with robotic prosthetics.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2023/01/21/the-whole-world-in-your-hand-major-advances-in-haptic-technology/

The Protez Foundation recently opened a clinic in western Ukraine — in the province of Zakarpattia — so amputees outfitted in Oakdale have a place to go for checkups.

Source: https://www.twincities.com/2023/03/19/protez-oakdale-mn-prosthetics-foundation-helps-ukrainian-soldiers/

This reduction was significant only at the femoral neck of the amputated limb of amputees in a subgroup analysis, with a greater reduction noted for above-the-knee than below-the-knee amputees.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/health_and_wellness/femoral-neck-bmd-lower-in-men-with-combat-related-traumatic-injury/article_04dd709a-9435-535a-904a-0b6f9f356a0f.html

This reduction was significant only at the femoral neck of the amputated limb of amputees in a subgroup analysis, with a greater reduction noted for above-the-knee than below-the-knee amputees.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/health_and_wellness/femoral-neck-bmd-lower-in-men-with-combat-related-traumatic-injury/article_04dd709a-9435-535a-904a-0b6f9f356a0f.html