Our Services: Foot and Leg Amputation

Whether you have lost a part of your lower limb in a traumatic accident or just found out you need to undergo an amputation, our team can help you assess your treatment options.
What kind of prosthesis is right for you? Can the osseointegration procedure improve your quality of life? Do you have nerve pain, phantom pain or other kinds of pain in your limb that are significant problems for you? Who can help you address the psychological effects of losing a limb? Our specialists can help answer these and other questions, as well as develop a treatment plan to help you return to your favorite activities.
Our Services
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The rehabilitation team includes rehabilitation physicians, physical and occupational therapists, prosthetists, nurses and rehabilitation psychologists.
Each of these specialists plays an important role in helping you get the training and develop the confidence you need to live your life to the fullest despite the limb loss.
Our rehabilitation approach includes:
- Evaluation
- Education
- Prosthesis prescription and monitoring
- Phantom pain management
- Rehabilitation psychology to help address psychological effects of limb loss.
- Physical therapy for foot and leg prosthetics
Call 443-997-5476 to request an appointment.
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Osseointegration is a surgical procedure that aims to offer a better quality of life and improved function and mobility to people who have had an amputation. This surgery involves inserting a metal implant into the bone of the remaining part of the limb. The metal implant attaches directly to a prosthesis, eliminating socket-related issues while typically improving the efficiency of muscles and movements of the limb during use. Osseointegration can be performed in one or two stages, depending on the implant system.
Watch a video on the osseointegration procedure.
Fill out this form to see if you are a candidate for this procedure.
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Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) is a surgical procedure that helps improve the control of prosthetic limbs and reduce pain for people who have had an amputation. When someone loses a limb, the nerves that used to control the muscles in that limb are still there, but they no longer have a purpose. TMR takes these leftover nerves and connects them to nearby muscles that are still intact. These muscles act like a new “home” for the nerves, allowing them to send signals to the prosthetic limb.
TMR not only makes prosthetic limbs easier and more natural to control but can also help reduce phantom limb pain — those strange and sometimes painful sensations where the missing limb used to be. It’s a way of making the brain and body work together more effectively after an amputation, improving both function and quality of life.
Who is eligible for targeted muscle reinnervation?
In general, those who still have peripheral nerves to an absent limb and have problems with chronic nerve-based pain or who want to improve their functionality with myoelectric prosthetics may be eligible. People who have had spinal cord injuries which affected their peripheral nerves so that they no longer function are not typically candidates. It is not known how well TMR works for people born with absent limbs and it is not widely used to help people with this condition.
Schedule an appointment: 443-997-9466
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Reconstructive microsurgery involves moving tissue from one part of the body to another to reconstruct an area of need. This tissue transfer or free flap surgery can involve moving skin, fat, muscle, and/or bone. To keep the tissue alive, the small blood vessels that supply blood to the tissue being moved are re-connected, or anastomosed, to blood vessels in the area of the body that is being reconstructed. This is similar to a transplant of your own tissue. The most common reasons for patients to undergo this type of surgery are cancer, trauma, and infection.
The goal of the flap surgery is to reconstruct the form and function of the missing tissue. This may involve reconnecting nerves to allow muscle function or skin sensation, or using tissue that more naturally recreates the feel of the missing tissue.
Schedule an appointment: 443-997-9466
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Anaplastology is a medical specialty focused on creating realistic prosthetics for facial features and body parts. Specialists at the Johns Hopkins Facial, Eye & Body Prosthetics Clinic can create finger, hand, foot and toe prosthetics for people with missing parts of limbs and other limb differences. These non-weight-bearing prostheses help protect the affected body part, restore appearance and support function as much as possible.
To schedule an appointment, fill out the request form or call 410-955-8215.
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