The University of Colorado Limb Restoration Program is the first of its kind to deliver holistic, patient-centered care to people living with limb loss or who are at risk of losing a limb. Based at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, the program provides comprehensive orthopedic, vascular, wound and rehabilitative care to a growing number of patients with complex extremity injuries.
The interdisciplinary collaboration of more than 20 expert specialists, combined with state-of-the-art treatment options, empowers the LRP team to diagnose and treat the most challenging cases, offer innovative alternatives to amputation where possible and restore function and quality of life.
In the following interview, orthopedic surgeon Jason Stoneback, MD, associate professor of Orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, discusses the process and benefits of osseointegration for some individuals who have experienced a lower-limb amputation and who are using prosthetic devices. Stoneback is the chief of Orthopedic Trauma and Fracture Surgery and director of the Limb Restoration Program at UCHealth.