Denver Health’s Limb Preservation Program has been looked to for decades as a world-leader when it comes to caring for the most severe and complex traumatic injuries. Our limb saving surgery is performed by a multi-disciplinary team of experts who conduct the research used by medical professionals around the world. We are here for you when you are going through your worst day. Count on the best experts in the world to help you. Limb preservation will save your limb and help you avoid amputation when possible. Beyond traumatic injuries, we care for those in danger of losing limbs from infectious diseases, vascular issues and diabetes (diabetic limb salvage).
As the only hospital system in Colorado that offers 24 hour a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year care for emergencies related to bones and joints, from toes to hips and shoulders to fingertips, you can trust us to work with you on a care plan that gives you the best possible outcome for a speedy recovery and getting back to doing what you love.
Hand Microvascular Experts
Denver Health is the only 24/7 health care system in the region providing comprehensive care for the most complex injuries to the upper extremities, with nationally recognized experts in hand microvascular limb preservation, replantation and revascularization. We take referrals from throughout the west and Midwest United States. We work with severe hand injuries in both adults and children. Denver Health is a one stop hand surgical center, offering advanced imaging and rehabilitation, with a dedicated team of specialized upper extremity therapists, and state of the art surgical suites. We are proud to provide this unique and life-saving service to our community and the region.
Our Services
- Bone and soft tissue tumors
- Bone malunions and nonunions
- Bone or limb deformities
- Bone transport surgery
- Chronic wounds and wounds requiring free flap coverage
- Congenital bone and limb conditions
- Diabetic amputation
- Diabetic limb preservation
- Genu valgus
- Genu varum
- Hand microvascular
- Hand replantation
- Hand revascularization
- Limb amputation
- Limb difference
- Limb preservation
- Limbs of different lengths
- Osseointegration surgery in amputees
- Osteomyelitis
- Peripheral nerve/brachial plexus surgery
- Severe traumatic injuries
- Skeletal dysplasias
- Stature correction
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Vascular diseases putting extremities at risk
Our Team
The Limb Preservation Program team at Denver Health includes 14 Orthopedic surgeons, including our orthopedic trauma, hand and microvascular, plastic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, physical and occupational therapists, prosthetists, infectious disease specialists, wound care specialists and more, all working together in one location, at our main campus near downtown Denver, all working with you on the same day (in most cases).
Photos of doctors below with basic title (area of focus):
- Cyril Mauffrey, MD, Chair, Department of Orthopedics
- Stephen Stacey, MD, Orthopedic Trauma
- Joshua Parry, MD, Orthopedic Trauma
- Raveesh Richard, MD, Orthopedic Trauma
- Austin Heare, MD, Orthopedic Trauma
- Morgan Jerabek, DPM, Podiatry
- Kristine Hoffman, DPM, Podiatry
- Matthew Gorski, DPM, Podiatry
- Ranee Shenoi, MD, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Kyros Ipaktchi, MD, Chief, Hand, Upper Extremity and Microvascular Surgery
- Alexander Lauder, MD, Hand, Upper Extremity & Microvascular Surgery
- Andrew S. Maertens, MD, Hand, Upper Extremity & Microvascular Surgery
- Stephanie Malliaris, MD, Hand, Upper Extremity & Microvascular Surgery; Plastic surgery
- Matthew Folchert, MD, Hand, Upper Extremity & Microvascular Surgery
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