News & Patient Stories

Dec 12, 2023

After a life-altering accident, CU Anschutz patient Josh Bryan experienced the transformational impacts of innovative, highly tailored limb replacement surgery. Under the care of Jason Stoneback, MD, and team, he and wife Melissa are back to their lives and looking to the future.

Aug 20, 2023

Starting off the series on osseintegration, Dr. Danielle Melton shares her thoughts on OI and at the end also talks about the limb loss registry!

Jul 24, 2023

Eric J. Earley, PhD, was part of a Swedish research team that developed a system allowing people with amputations above the elbow achieve an unprecedented level of control over the individual fingers on a bionic hand. Eric J. Earley, PhD, a new faculty member in the Department of Orthopedics in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is bringing his expertise in prosthetic limbs to the department’s Osseointegration Research Consortium. Led by Jason Stoneback, MD, the lab is focused on developing and improving bone-anchored limb technology aimed at creating prosthetic limbs that can be directly inserted into bones, as opposed to the traditional prosthetic that attaches via a socket that goes around the outside of the limb.

Jul 31, 2023

Dr. Danielle Melton plays a key role in promoting data-driven care in the field of Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P). She is the director of amputation medicine and rehabilitation and an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado. As a member of the Executive Advisory Panel to the Limb Loss & Preservation Registry (LLPR), she advocates for the aggregation of data from O&P facilities and hospital systems to provide evidence-based information for clinical decision-making. By joining the LLPR, facilities can contribute de-identified data on patients with limb loss and preservation to create a comprehensive national database. This data can be used to analyze treatment pathways, rehabilitation timelines, and long-term outcomes for patients with similar characteristics. Dr. Danielle Melton believes that using such data will help justify medical necessity for insurance reimbursements and enable clinicians to provide patients with more informed care based on benchmarked outcomes for specific patient groups. Overall, she emphasizes that the transition to data-driven care is essential for improving patient outcomes and aligning with changing industry expectations.

May 8, 2020

Apr 5, 2020

What if you break a hip (or leg, or whatever) during a pandemic? People still get hurt. Orthopedic Trauma and other UCHealth trauma services have taken steps to be able to put patients back together and keep coronavirus out of the picture. By: Todd Neff, for UCHealth

May 4, 2020

Colten Fritzlan in action at the Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour competition in El Paso, Texas on Feb. 8, 2020, after limb-restoration surgeries helped preserve his rodeo career. Photo courtesy Todd Brewer Photography.

Sep 11, 2012

What non-invasive methods can surgeons use to reliably differentiate between cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis? What is the role of diagnostic imaging?: Advanced imaging has high sensitivity, specificity. Editorial. Orthopaedics Today