leg amputation
Surgical limb severance
Leg amputation is the surgical removal of part or all of a leg, typically performed due to severe injury, infection, poor circulation, or cancer.
The procedure may remove the limb above the knee, below the knee, or at the foot, depending on how much tissue can be saved: After the accident, doctors had no choice but to proceed with leg amputation.
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- phantom limbSensation from amputated part
- limbJointed bodily projection
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- Amputationsabove-knee, below-knee, disarticulation
- Leg Surgeryknee surgery, hip surgery, ankle surgery, foot surgery, knee replacement
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment
- limb abnormalitiesamelia, polydactyly, missing limb, missing hand, missing fingers
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