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Acrotomophiles may be attracted to amputees because they like the way they look or they may view the amputee's stump as a phallic object which can be used for sexual pleasure. [1] Acrotomophiles may enjoy the idea of dominating the amputee during couples play and they may also become aroused with the thought of having to take care of an amputee.
trans-humeral amputation, commonly referred to as above-elbow amputation; shoulder disarticulation; forequarter amputation; A variant of the trans-radial amputation is the Krukenberg procedure in which the radius and ulna are used to create a stump capable of a pincer action.
The Krukenberg procedure, also known as the Krukenberg operation, is a surgical technique that converts a forearm stump into a pincer. It was first described in 1917 by the German army surgeon Hermann Krukenberg. [1] [2] It remains in use today for certain special cases but is considered controversial and some surgeons refuse to perform it. [3]
Hiker's 'Little Burn' from Camping Skillet Leads to Double Amputation — but He Vows to Get Back on the Trail (Exclusive) Cara Lynn Shultz. January 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
According to medical reports, some amputees were able to adjust to the use of a peg leg so well that they could walk 10, or even 30, miles in one day. [ 5 ] Nowadays, wooden peg legs have been replaced by more modern materials, though some sports prostheses do have the same form.
As the more than a dozen amputation surgeries began — with the first surgery on March 18 and the last on April 23 — Morgan Bauer soon learned that doctors needed to take more of her limbs than ...
[the general surgeon] devised extensive cancer operations including extended radical mastectomy, radical gastrectomy and pancreatectomy, pelvic exenteration, the 'Commando Operation' (tongue, jaw and neck dissection), bilateral back dissection, hemipelvectomy, and then hemicorporectomy or translumbar amputation, referred to as the most ...
Gender, side of limb loss, and etiology of amputation have not been shown to affect the onset of phantom limb pain. [2] One investigation of lower limb amputation observed that as stump length decreased, and therefore length of the phantom limb increased, there was a greater incidence of moderate and severe phantom pain. [8]