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Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a limb or other body part 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.

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Causes
Trauma or intentional as part of surgery and sometimes corporal punishment
Complications
Phantom limb syndrome
Specialty
Surgery Physical medicine and rehabilitation Emergency medicine

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Trauma

Surgery

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Medieval and early modern Europe

Etymology

Notable amputees

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Amputation

Nodes210
Edges209
Triples215
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009524
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Amputation

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related to Criminal penalties · 38
Amputation → According, Afghanistan, Allah, As, Brunei, Court Act, Cross-amputation, England, For, His Messenger, Hudud, In, In England, Iran, Islam, Islamic, It, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria
related to Epidemiology · 17
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related to Theories on amputation · 16
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related to Amputation as punishment · 15
Amputation → BCE, Byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Enlightenment, Europe, In, King Hammurabi, Medieval Christians, Middle Ages, Peru, Renaissance, Roman, The Babylonian Code, There, These
related to Warfare · 12
Amputation → Ambroise Paré, At, Europe, European, Gersdorff's, Hans Von Gersdorff, Hieronymus Brunschwig, In, Paré, Therefore, This, Warfare
related to Etymology · 10
Amputation → Chirurgerie, English, French, Latin, Old French, Peter Lowe's, Poes, The, The English, Whole Art
related to Leg · 10
Amputation → Boyd, Chopart, Common, Lisfranc, Lower, Major, Minor, Pyrogoff, Syme, Van Nes
related to Other · 9
Amputation → Breasts, Dental, Facial, Genital, Genitals, Iberomaurusian, Neolithic North Africa, Radicals, Removal
has method · 8
Amputation → After, An, Another, Both, One, The, This, Throughout Europe
related to Further reading · 8
Amputation → Bilguer, Brian Craig, Civil War South, Empty Sleeves, Georgia Press, Johann Ulrich, Miller, University

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limb punishment amputations also bone body may used surgery amputated would limbs injuries traumatic part fire trauma disease prosthesis common

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AmputationCausesTrauma or intentional as part of surgery and sometimes corporal punishment1.00infobox
AmputationComplicationsPhantom limb syndrome1.00infobox
AmputationSpecialtySurgery Physical medicine and rehabilitation Emergency medicine1.00infobox
Amputationis aremoval of a limb or other body part by trauma0.90text
Amputationis aamputator0.90text
Amputationis aVan Nes rotation0.90text
Amputationis aamputation performed without closure of the skin in an urgent setting0.90text
Amputationis apartial or total avulsion of a part of a body during a serious accident0.90text
an above or below knee amputationinstance ofdefinitive amputation0.80text
Saudi Arabiainstance ofThe ancient punishment is practised in Islamic countries0.80text
Sudaninstance ofThe ancient punishment is practised in Islamic countries0.80text
Somaliainstance ofThe ancient punishment is practised in Islamic countries0.80text

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