Affiliation:
1. Post Graduate, Department of General Surgery, NMC, Nellore.
Abstract
Amputations is the Post graduates first case in the beginning and is one of the most ancient of all surgical procedures done for several indications, including trauma, peripheral vascular disease, tumor, diabetic foot infection and congenital anomalies.1,2,3 Some times limb amputation is considered the last resort when limb salvage is impossible or when the limb is dead or dying, viable but non- functional or endangering the patient's life.4
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