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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 limb, such as malignancy or gangrene .
Limb-sparing techniques, also known as limb-saving or limb-salvage techniques, are performed in order to preserve the look and function of limbs. [1] Limb-sparing techniques are used to preserve limbs affected by trauma, arthritis, cancers such as high-grade bone sarcomas , and vascular conditions such as diabetic foot ulcers . [ 2 ]
Hemicorporectomy is a radical surgery in which the body below the waist is amputated, transecting the lumbar spine. This removes the legs , the genitalia (internal and external), urinary system , pelvic bones, anus , and rectum .
Congenital amputation is the least common reason for amputation, but a study published in BMC Musculoskelet Disorders found that 21.1 in 10,000 babies were born with a missing or deformed limb between 1981 and 2010 in the Netherlands, [1] and the CDC estimates that 4 in 10,000 babies are born in the United States with upper limb reductions and ...
Her arms will have to be amputated, too. “It’s one of the worst-case scenarios that can happen, and it just happened to me,” Mullins, 41, who lives in Stanford, Kentucky, tells TODAY.com.
The IREDE Foundation has provided more than 500 artificial limbs at no cost LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The accident that […] The post Her baby girl’s deformed limbs inspired her to provide free ...
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Such long-term complications include hearing loss, vision problems, learning difficulties or limb amputations due to sepsis. "Early recognition and treatment are critical to preventing these ...