Four teenagers are seriously injured; two require a leg amputation.
The extent of removal was massive, full leg amputation and one arm and plastic surgery.
Surprised nurses scurried to bring in the correct instruments for a hand, not leg, amputation.
Lower leg amputation generally induces asymmetrical weight-bearing, even after rehabilitation treatment is completed.
Within the diabetic population, the indications and morbidity surrounding major leg amputation have not been well defined.
Yet atherosclerosis quietly and invisibly puts many millions of people at risk for heart attack, stroke, leg amputation, disability, and even death.
Bionic ankle-foot prosthesis normalizes walking gait for persons with leg amputation, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, vol. 279, no.
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She died when she was 9 after a painful battle with the disease, during which she underwent several operations, including a leg amputation.
He had open heart surgery – a triple bypass – and a double leg amputation, in part caused by his longtime habit of smoking Kools.
