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What actually happens during a foot amputation?
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Series of steps: Anesthesia is provided, followed by tourniquet application. Skin is preserved to cover the amputation site, and all muscle-tendon tissues and blood vessels cut to expose the bone. A saw device is used to resect the bone and remove the amputated tissues. Closure of the skin flap is done to protect the exposed ends of the live tissue.
Answered 9/18/2013
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Surgical removal: The involved gangrenous or infected area is surgically removed.
Answered 4/7/2013
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