Amputation
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. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for such problems.
- amputation of聽digits
- partial foot amputation
- ankle disarticulation
- Below-knee amputation, abbreviated as聽BKA.
- knee disarticulation
- above-knee amputation
- hip disarticulationn
- amputation of聽digits
- metacarpal聽amputation
- wrist disarticulation
- forearm amputation
- elbow disarticulation
- above-elbow amputation
- shoulder disarticulation