Sentence examples for reduce stump from inspiring English sources

The use of a prolonged 5-day course of combined antibiotics after major lower limb amputation to reduce stump infection rates also led to shorter in-hospital stays [ 6].

In addition, a delay in or absence of the use of a stump can lead to progressive osseous demineralisation (nonuse osteoporosis), which is generally painful; the pain further reduces stump use, leading to a vicious circle that incapacitates the patient.

19th Century 200-step Dharahara tower in Kathmandu reduced to stump.

Swaths of trees had been reduced to stumps, he said.

Bauman's legs had been reduced to stumps, sewn shut across each base.

A bearded man vows revenge as he holds two children whose limbs have been reduced to stumps by artillery fire.

Even a very young child can see that the vibrantly coloured and textured trees have been reduced to stumps by people wanting to take over the land.

Oak trees as high as 150 feet that have grown for 450 years could be reduced to stumps under the planned threefold increase in tree fells.

Rounding a bend, we were met by the shock of a not-so-recent clear-cut, the hills on either side of the road reduced to stumps and piles of slash.

Now headless, her legs have been reduced to stumps cut off mid-thigh, like a dinner ham.

A prized grove of more than 200 oaks and sycamores in Arcadia was reduced to stumps, broken limbs and slash piles by mid-afternoon Wednesday, despite a showdown with four tree-sitters attempting to stop bulldozers from clearing the land to make way for muck dredged from a nearby reservoir.