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amputação

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. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventive surgery for such problems. A special case is that of congenital amputation, a congenital disorder, where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands. In some countries, judicial amputation is currently used to punish people who commit crimes. Amputation has also been used as a tactic in war and acts of terr

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Amputation is the removal of a limb or other body part, which can happen due to injury, disease, or surgical procedures performed to control pain or prevent serious conditions like gangrene or cancer. It matters because it's a significant medical intervention that can preserve health or life, though it also represents a major change to a person's physical functioning and quality of life.

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Medical condition.name: Amputation
Medical condition.image: Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_U.S._Army_World_Class_Athlete_Program_Paralympic.jpg
Medical condition.field: Surgery Physical medicine and rehabilitation Emergency medicine
Medical condition.caption: An amputee running with a blade prosthetic
Medical condition.complications: Phantom limb syndrome
Medical condition.causes: Trauma or intentional as part of surgery and sometimes corporal punishment

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Article · Português

Amputação é a remoção de uma extremidade do corpo mediante cirurgia ou acidente. Na medicina, é usada para controlar a dor ou a doença no membro afetado, como no câncer e na gangrena. Durante a história foi amplamente usada como punição por crimes. Muitas culturas e religiões, ainda fazem amputações ou mutilações em crianças durante seus rituais. Os cientistas encontram vestígios no início de 2020, ao escavar o chão de uma caverna em Bornéu, evidências de uma amputação cirúrgica de 31.000 anos sem ferramentas cirúrgicas, antibióticos ou analgésicos.

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