Example sentences for: amputation

How can you use “amputation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • AKA - above the knee amputation

  • Numerous studies over the past three decades have shown that mammals, including humans, can regenerate their digit tips provided the amputation plane is distal to the terminal phalangeal joint (Douglas 1972; Illingworth 1974; Borgens 1982; Singer et al.

  • Information regarding post-acute care dispositions, rehabilitation, readmissions for debridement and major stump revisions, and use of prosthetic devises and durable medical equipment were obtained from the OCCP database, provider surveys and publications [ 77 78 79 ] . The increase in event cost from first ($24,583) to second ($26,077) represents a shift to a higher anatomical, and thus, more costly level of amputation for the second amputation as noted in the Rochester study [ 76 ] .

  • No Canadian data were available to make this differentiation possible at all of the necessary levels required for this analysis; therefore, a US based study from Rochester, MN was used to provide proportions of amputation type for first and second LEA [ 76 ] . The cost of an above the knee amputation (AKA) is considerably more than that of a toe amputation, not just in the hospital ($19,760 versus $6,460) but also beyond due to the significantly higher level of disability resulting from an AKA.

  • ..some major fractures require amputation.


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