New orthopedic device spares some from amputation
December 1st, 2008 in Medicine & Health / OtherThings were looking bad for Stephen Ogonowski. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria had devoured his right ankle down to the bone, leaving an inches-wide hole full of raw and ravaged tissue.
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