After an amputation, some patients may feel pain in their residual limbs. Post-amputation pain, categorized as phantom pain or stump pain, can be a challenging condition to treat. Phantom pain is ...

A woman who had one of her 70-pound legs amputated claims the stump is growing, the Daily Mail reported. Mandy Sellars, 36, is suspected to suffer from a rare condition called Proteus syndrome, which ...

Amputation is the surgical removal of all or part of a limb or extremity such as an arm, leg, foot, hand, toe, or finger. About 1.8 million Americans are living with amputations. Amputation of the leg ...

THE possibility of preventing the formation of a so-called amputation neuroma on the distal end of the proximal part of a cut peripheral nerve is one that has to be commonly faced by general and ...

There were 4 failures in this group, in which, because of spreading infection or gangrene, 3 had to have amputation at a higher level, the fourth dying of associated uremia. The last would have ...

An amputation is a removal of all or a portion of a limb. A doctor may recommend this surgery approach due to chronic disease or a traumatic injury. Advancements in preventive techniques have meant ...