Limb amputation surgery is a procedure that involves the removal of a limb, typically as a result of injury or illness. While it may seem like a daunting procedure, amputation surgery can actually improve quality of life by alleviating pain and improving mobility.
Dr Viswanath S is an expert surgeon who specializes in limb amputation surgery.
Dr Viswanath S is an expert surgeon who specializes in limb amputation surgery.
What is Limb Amputation Surgery?
Limb Amputation is a removing the limb by surgery, medical or trauma. As a surgical procedure, it is used to control a disease measure affected limb like gangrene and malignancy or to control pain. It may also be carried of prophylactically to control these problems.
Amputation is referred as the surgical removal of complete or partial part of the limb [arms or legs] due to trauma, surgery, or medical illness. It may be done for treating severe infection or disease that is not responding to the treatment. Most of the amputations cause due to vascular diseases. This helps in removing tumors from muscles and bones. It also reduces or controls the pain or disease progression in the areas of affected limb.
There are various kinds of amputations and some of them are:
• Transfemoral amputation
• Knee disarticulation [Through knee] amputation
• Transtibial [Below Knee] amputation
• Foot amputation
• Hip disarticulation (Through Hip) amputation
• Hemipelvectomy
• Transfemoral amputation
• Knee disarticulation [Through knee] amputation
• Transtibial [Below Knee] amputation
• Foot amputation
• Hip disarticulation (Through Hip) amputation
• Hemipelvectomy