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Amputation: What It Is, Types, Risks & Recovery - Cleveland Clinic
Amputation means surgically removing a body part, like a limb. You might need an amputation if your limb has a serious injury or disease that endangers the rest of your body.
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Amputation - Wikipedia
Amputation is the removal of a limb or other body part by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene.
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Amputation - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Amputation is the loss or removal of a body part such as a finger, toe, hand, foot, arm or leg. It can be a life changing experience affecting your ability to move, work, interact with others and maintain your independence.
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Amputation - Types, Causes, and Recovery - Physical Therapy
Amputation is the surgical removal of a limb or part of a limb, often performed to treat severe injury, infection, disease (such as diabetes or peripheral artery disease), or certain cancers. It can also be a result of traumatic events.
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Amputations: Types, Causes, Recovery Tips, and More
An amputation is a removal of all or a portion of a limb. A doctor may recommend this surgery approach due to chronic disease or a traumatic injury. Advancements in preventive techniques have...
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Limb Amputation: Reasons, Procedure, Recovery - WebMD
Amputation is the surgical removal of all or part of a limb or extremity such as an arm, leg, foot, hand, toe, or finger. About 1.8 million Americans are living with amputations.
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Amputation | Limb Loss | MedlinePlus
People can lose all or part of an arm or leg for many reasons. Common ones include: Problems with the flow of blood through your body. These may be the result of atherosclerosis or diabetes. Severe cases may result in amputation (the surgical removal of a limb). Injuries, including from traffic accidents and military combat. Cancer. Birth defects.
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Amputation - Stanford Health Care
Removal of a body extremity like a foot, toe or arm due to trauma or surgery is called amputation.
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Amputations - Physiopedia
Amputation is defined as surgical removal or loss of body part such as arms or limbs in part or full. It is usually distinguished from disarticulation where a part is removed through a joint [1] [2] [3]
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What Is Amputation? Types, Causes & Procedure - Pro Medical East
Amputation is the surgical removal of a limb or part of a limb from the body. It is usually done as a last resort when other treatments have failed or when there is no other way to save the patient’s life.