Will Osseointegration Become the Standard of Care for Amputees?

David B. Doherty Jr, MD

When I arrived at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, I was stunned to see the conditions of some of the patients. I had never been in a war zone, and although the active fighting was north of Baghdad, the steady flow of subacute and chronic injuries into the clinic seemed never-ending. Until then, hasty battlefield reductions and wound closures had been the definitive treatments.