Amputation
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amputation-207-2490194
title:
Amputation
text:
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 preventive surgery for such problems. A special case is that of congenital amputation, a congenital disorder, where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands. In some countries, judicial amputation is currently used to punish people who
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical procedure that removes a part of the body
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amputation
date created:
2001-12-22T20:50:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T23:30:59Z
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