Amputation occurs when a person’s limb is either partially or completely severed from their body. A traumatic amputation occurs when someone experiences amputation as a result of a catastrophic injury. These could potentially be caused by someone else’s negligence, such as a lack of occupational safety precautions. Surgical amputation occurs in the case of extreme health complications in which doctors need to remove a particular body part to save the patient’s life. Amputation may be necessary when the patient is suffering from an advanced infection or a cancerous tumor in their extremities. Vascular diseases may also cause this kind of amputation.