Veterans in Utah among 1st to Get First Prosthetic Implants
From: Medical Design Technology - 12/07/2015

Two military veterans will undergo surgery in Salt Lake City that will make
them among the first in the U.S. to have a surgically implanted prosthetic.

Doctors say Bryant Jacobs and Ed Salau, who both have lost a leg, are
scheduled on Monday to receive a percutaneous osseointegrated prosthesis, or
POP. "I'm more than happy to be the guinea pig," Jacobs told the Deseret News.

The prosthetic will be implanted into a residual limb.

Dr. Laurence Meyer, director of research at the Salt Lake VA, says doctors
will embed a titanium stud in the femur. They will then attach a docking
mechanism for the prosthesis six weeks later.

Doctors say the implants should reduce how much energy the men exert when
doing activities.

Both men say they often get blisters or sores from using their current
prosthetics for an extended amount of time.

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