This study aims to provide information on determining the optimal amputation level that allows preservation of as much limb length as possible without the risk of further reamputation by analyzing ...

The rights group said the amputation, carried out at a prison in the northern province of Mazandaran, was "an abhorrent form of torture". Iranian officials said the man was found guilty of 28 ...

Bone infection also complicates a substantial percentage of diabetic foot wounds and increases the likelihood of treatment failure, requiring lower extremity amputation. An increasing body of ...

Amputation of the tail, or caudectomy, is a relatively common procedure indicated for self-mutilating or non-healing traumatic lesions, neoplasia and skin infections refractory to medical management.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — BNSF Railway confirmed one of their trains was involved in an incident in downtown San Diego Monday night that ended with a woman's leg amputated. The incident happened on ...

The patient attended the clinic in Freistadt last May to have his leg amputated but the surgeon marked the wrong limb for amputation, AFP news agency reports. The mistake was identified during a ...

Treatment may require limb amputation to stop the rapid flesh deterioration and death can occur. Individuals who have compromised immune systems, liver disease, or open wounds are at higher risk ...

Declawed cats can develop painful complications such as: bony fragments and claw regrowth at the amputation sites ...

Michael Phelps' intersex 'girlfriend', 41, reveals she was jailed in 1992 for blackmailing $10,000 from businessman she met in a bar to pay for surgery ...