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Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected ...
This is not to be confused with self-amputation. It is usually due to destruction of the blood vessels feeding an extremity such as the finger tips. Once the vessels are destroyed, the tissue is starved of oxygen and dies, which is often followed by gangrene. Autoamputation is a feature of ainhum, cryoglobulinemia [2] and thromboangiitis ...
There are also a number of terms that describe the type of amputation. An acquired amputation is one in which a limb is removed as a result of disease or trauma. Diabetic amputation is a result of diabetes complications. A dysvascular amputation is a result of poor vascular circulation. A traumatic amputation is one resulting from injury. [8]
Wilson, Jon D. (October 2004). "A New Concept in Prosthetic Interface Design for Hemicorporectomy Amputees Using ROHO Compression Therapy: A Case Study From a CPO's Perspective". Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics. 16 (4): 104–112. doi: 10.1097/00008526-200410000-00003. S2CID 72553863
A5 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD).for people with acquired or congenital amputations. A5 sportspeople are people who have both arms amputated above or through the elbow joint. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including being more prone to overuse injuries.
A 14-year-old boy in Tennessee recently had to have multiple limbs amputated after suffering flu-like symptoms. Mathias Uribe first started showing signs of illness in June, his family wrote on a ...
Print of Hindu scene: Shurpanakha (blue woman in foreground) has had her nose cut off by Lakshmana (with sword). The Code of Hammurabi contains references to amputation of bodily protrusions (such as lips, nose, breasts, etc.), as do the laws of ancient Egypt, and in Hindu medicine the writings of Charaka and the Sushruta Samhita.
Replantation or reattachment is defined as the surgical reattachment of a body part (such as a finger, hand, or toe) that has been completely cut from the body. [1] Examples include reattachment of a partially or fully amputated finger, or reattachment of a kidney that had had an avulsion-type injury.