He quickly determined that J needed a forequarter amputation to remove his infected shoulder. The field hospital at which he was working had just one pint of blood and limited supplies, and Nott ...

David Nott knew that the 16-year-old boy needed a forequarter amputation removing his left shoulder blade after his arm was bitten off by a hippopotamus while fishing.

SUTD, together with Tan Tock Seng Hospital, developed a novel 3D printed non-metallic self-locking prosthetic arm for a patient with a forequarter amputation - it is more comfortable, flexible and ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A British surgeon volunteering in the Democratic Republic of Congo used text message instructions to perform a life-saving arm ...

Upper limb forequarter amputations which involve the removal of the entire arm and scapula require highly customized prosthetic devices that are expensive but yet, usually underutilized due to ...

The only way to save him was to perform what's called a forequarter amputation - which means removing the collar bone and the shoulder blade. The doctor, David Nott, knew of only one surgeon in ...

Doctor performs SMS amputation after hippo attack Share Posted Wed 3 Dec 2008 at 7:37pm Wednesday 3 Dec 2008 at 7:37pm Wed 3 Dec 2008 at 7:37pm , updated Thu 4 Dec 2008 at 6:19am Thursday 4 Dec ...