Amputation

Life in Danger: Woman's Leg Amputated in Sofia Bus Collision

A harrowing incident unfolded yesterday in Sofia's "Dianabad" district, leaving a woman severely injured after a public transport bus accident. The victim, now grappling with a life-threatening amputation, underwent emergency surgery at the District Hospital where she is currently admitted.

Ancient skeleton reveals oldest amputation

A skeleton discovered in a remote corner of Borneo rewrites the history of ancient medicine and proves amputation surgery was successfully carried out about 31,000 years ago, scientists said on Sept. 7.

Previously, the earliest known amputation involved a 7,000-year-old skeleton found in France, and experts believed such operations only emerged in settled agricultural societies.

Turkish father teaching daughter with disabilities to walk with contraption due to lack of funds

An impoverished aluminum worker in the southern province of Antalya has been trying to teach his daughter with disabilities to walk with a makeshift aluminum mechanism worth 150 Turkish Liras, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on May 4.

Doctors save man’s hand from amputation by burying in his belly (warning disturbing images)

Ingenious Brazilian surgeons have saved a man’s hand from being amputated by placing it inside a pocket of his belly! Doctors decided to put Carlos Mariotti’s left hand in his abdomen and cover it with protective skin flap, after the machine operator suffered a terrible work accident that ripped off the skin of his hand.

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