Assertion: amputation | /r/HasProperty | performed
Facets:
value: surgically
type: MANNER
value: below the knee
type: OTHER
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
value: every day
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of severe injury
type: CAUSE
value: because of disease
type: CAUSE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Before an amputation is performed, extensive testing is done to determine the proper level of amputation.
text: Amputations through the knee joint or just above the knee joint (Gritti-Stokes amputation) can also sometimes be performed.
text: The majority of upper extremity amputations are secondary to traumatic injuries; however, amputations are also performed surgically to treat severe burns, neoplasms, and uncontrollable chronic infections.
text: Before an amputation is performed, extensive testing is done to determine the proper level of amputation.
text: Before an amputation is performed, extensive testing is done to determine the proper level of amputation.
text: Some of the reasons that amputation may be performed include:
text: To prevent this bacteria from spreading up the limb and causing damage to vital organs, amputation might be performed.
text: A below-the-knee amputation, where the lower portion of the leg is removed, may be performed because of disease or severe injury that eliminates the function of your lower leg.
text: Remember, amputations are performed to help people return to an active and independent lifestyle.
text: When an amputation is performed, the surgeon cuts the skin around the part to be amputated and removes the part.
text: The patient is advised to inquire and confirm the type of billing, before an Amputation is performed.
text: The amputation can be performed so that it takes several looks to notice that a digit is missing.
text: If the amputation is performed to stop the spreading of a disease, such as gangrene or a complication from a frostbite, injury, diabetes, hardening of the arteries or any other sickness that impairs blood circulation, then it is time to stop what you are doing in connection with a loved one (talk to them), and think about how they feel.
text: When an amputation is performed, the doctor ligates (ties off)
text: Rather than attempt to live with a large area of dead tissue, the amputation is performed to save the person’s life.
text: The earliest amputations, though, were performed mainly to remove tissue that was already dead.
text: This means that 300 to 500 amputations are performed every day.
text: The majority of upper extremity amputations are secondary to traumatic injuries; however, amputations are also performed surgically to treat severe burns, neoplasms, vascular peripheral disease, nerve damage, and uncontrollable chronic infections.
text: When amputations are performed at or below the knee, the cast comes up no higher than near the top of the thigh.
text: A below-the-knee amputation is performed when a patient becomes severely injured or develops a life-threatening infection.
text: The term residual limb refers to the part of the body that remains after an amputation has been performed.