Discover how OrthoCarolina is revolutionizing amputee care with Targeted Brain Rehabilitation using Virtual Reality, offering new hope for overcoming phantom limb pain and enhancing quality of life.
Discover how Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) surgery enhances prosthetic functionality and manages neuroma pain for amputees. Learn about advanced techniques, see illustrative resources, and explore the integration of VR technology at our internationally recognized Amputee Clinic
Learn essential firework safety tips from an orthopedic hand surgeon to protect your hands this Fourth of July. Discover common injuries, prevention strategies, and expert advice for a safe holiday celebration.
Discover how OrthoCarolina's multidisciplinary approach provides comprehensive care for brachial plexus injuries, limb paralysis, and congenital hand differences. From innovative treatments to personalized rehabilitation, we're committed to enhancing physical, emotional, and psychological well-being.
A groundbreaking surgical procedure combined with exciting new technological strides is offering new hope and help for amputees
Following Amy Remer's cancer diagnosis in 2017, her care team was forced to amputate her left arm at the shoulder, and her insurance claim for a specialized prosthetic arm was denied. Amy recently received a donated custom robotic arm through the organization Arms for All, founded by two OrthoCarolina physicians.
Three Charlotte hand surgeons have discovered that people of any age born without a hand already have the functionality needed to control a prosthetic device using only their mind.
Please note, this video includes some graphic scenes associated with the teaching process of orthopedic surgery. Thank you.
What is possible if two dedicated doctors come together with an idea to help people who have lost fingers use “their fingers” again? For Eddie Chapman, it means he can tie his shoes. See the full story from WTVI/PBS. Physicians from the Reconstructive Center for Lost Limbs, OrthoCarolina
Just 10 months ago, Tiffany Johnson and her husband were snorkeling in the Bahamas when a shark attack changed her life forever: “He had my whole arm in his mouth.” NBC’s Kerry Sanders joins Megyn Kelly TODAY to tell her tale of survival. Featuring the Physicians from the Reconstructive Center for Lost Limbs, OrthoCarolina
Novel muscle transfer technique enables patients to have improved control of a myoelectric prosthesis
A bionic limb is giving hope, and control, back to shark attack victim Tiffany Johnson. OrthoCarolina Hand Center: Reconstructive Center for Lost Limbs feature on CNN International.
A North Carolina man who lost three fingers in an industrial accident more than a year ago can now move individual fingers on his prosthetic hand thanks to an innovative surgery by two OrthoCarolina hand surgeons.
Tiffany Johnson remembers every second of the shark attack that took most of her right arm.
Friday will mark three weeks since Tiffany Johnson lost her arm in a terrifying shark attack in the Bahamas.
Dr. Bryan Loeffler from OrthoCarolina discussing the revolutionary outcome and amazing future for Tiffany Johnson via her targeted muscle reinnervation surgery.