The U.S. Olympian said trauma to her fractured left leg led to compartment syndrome, which could have caused her to lose the limb.

Early modern surgeons passionately debated where and how to cut the body to remove fingers, toes, arms and legs in ways medieval surgeons hadn’t. This was partly because they confronted two new ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ‒ Leg amputations haven't changed much in a very long time. Civil War-era textbooks describing them look pretty similar to contemporary ones, said Dr. Matthew Carty, a staff ...

Vonn revealed her surgeon “saved her leg from being amputated” due to the effects of compartment syndrome.

Lindsey Vonn credits her surgeons for saving her leg from amputation following her horrific crash during a downhill run at ...

MIDWAY, Utah — When doctors told Joe Pleban at 21 years old that a tumor had destroyed his ankle and competitive sports were ...

Lindsey Vonn has revealed she needed a 6-hour surgery to save her broken leg from amputation following her horror crash that ...

Nelson Thomas underwent successful surgery to have part of his leg amputated following last year’s horrific car wreck. As previously reported, he decided to have amputation surgery following his ...

Madison County Investigator Lee Brousseau recovers after foot amputation surgery at Chicago's Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, ...

American skier Lindsey Vonn, who crashed seconds into her downhill race at the 2026 Winter Olympics​, said she is finally out of the hospital as she recovers.