foot amputation
Losing a foot
Foot amputation is the surgical removal of a foot, typically performed due to severe injury, infection, or complications from diabetes and vascular disease.
The procedure may remove the entire foot at the ankle or preserve part of it depending on how much healthy tissue remains: After years of poor circulation, foot amputation became necessary.
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
- limbJointed bodily projection
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- surgical woundIntentional operative cut
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