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Amputation is a common enough phenomenon for dogs due to injury or disease and in many instances, the dogs actually get around better after their surgeries than they did on four limbs.
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.
Gigli wire saw Hand operated, a gigli saw is useful in performing cranial surgeries.. A Gigli saw is a flexible wire saw used by surgeons for bone cutting. [1] A Gigli saw is used mainly for amputation, where the bones have to be smoothly cut at the level of amputation. [2]
The Krukenberg procedure separates the bony remnants of the forearm into a makeshift pincer. The procedure involves separating the ulna and radius for below-elbow amputations, and in cases of congenital absence of the hand, to provide a pincerlike grasp that is motored by the pronator teres muscle.
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Animal bites are common in children, and dogs are the most common animals involved. Though typically not severe, animal bites can cause amputation or infection. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] Treatment for animal bites and human bites involves antibiotic treatment and closure of the wounds by secondary intention because they are contaminated.
Just four days later, what remained of his left leg was amputated in addition to his right leg below the knee; on 1 August, both hands were amputated as well. “As you can imagine, this news has ...
Cross-amputation is one of the Hudud punishments prescribed under Islamic jurisprudence (Sharia law) and involves cutting off the right hand and left foot of the alleged transgressor. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The scriptural authority for the double amputation procedure is in the Quran ( surah 5.33-34) which stipulates: