Amputation
A Team-Based Approach to Amputee Rehabilitation
Educates Service Members, Veterans, families and healthcare professionals on state-of-the-art care for amputee rehabilitation, including what to expect if you are facing amputation surgery.
Serves amputees, their families and care providers by gathering information on amputation including studies, product information, available services and self-help publications. Find a prosthetic professional near you.
American Pain Foundation (APF) - Amputation Information
Provides information related to living with amputations, including those resulting from combat injuries. Focuses on managing wound, post-operative and phantom limb sensation or pain. Includes links to information about phantom limb pain, including frequently asked questions from APF and from the Cleveland Clinic.
Diagnosis & Treatment of Post-Amputation Pain
Eye & Tissue Bank International
National Amputation Foundation
Provides programs and services to help Veterans who lost a limb or limbs in service to their country. Programs include peer counseling, medical equipment donation and recreational activities.
National Limb Loss Information Center
Provides limb loss information to consumers, families and providers and maintains a large database of literature, referral sources, publications, prosthetic resources and peer support groups.
National Limb Loss Information Center - First Step Book
New England Journal of Medicine - Mirror Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain
Provides comprehensive inter-disciplinary care at Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers and Polytrauma Network Sites for Veterans and returning Service Members with injuries to more than one physical region or organ system. Each site treats traumatic brain injury (TBI), hearing loss, amputations, fractures, burns and visual impairments. Check out the locations of all sites.
Vietnam War Traumatic Amputation Site
Wounded Warrior Sports Program