it is called whatever it is. If it is an amputation below the knee, then the body part is called the lower leg. Its just that simple. It is what it is.
It occurs when a person feels pin in a limb that has been amputated.
There is no known association with age, gender, or which limb is amputated.
Not necessarily. It can be treated. In many cases though, the limb may have to be amputated. Each case is different.
the term for abnormal sensations perceived from a previously amputated limb. The abnormal sensations may be painful or nonpainful in nature.
Phantom Limb syndrome is the perception of sensations, usually including pain, in a limb that has been amputated. Patients with this conditions experience the limb as if it were still attached to the body.
No.. unless your a chicken?!
Arms, legs, hands, feet, fingers, and toes can be amputated. Most amputations involve small body parts such as a finger, rather than an entire limb.
Yes, they mostly used herbs and things, but they didn't knock you out if you were to have a limb amputated!
In a recent visit to Gettysburg battefield, the park tour guides refered to the "limb pits" that were dug behind the structures used as hospitals to dispose of the amputated limbsof injured soldiers.
Gangrenous ones, seek medical attention immediately. The limb or didget may haveto be amputated.
Phantom limb syndrome was first described by Ambroise Pare in 1552. Pare, a French surgeon, noticed this phenomenon in soldiers who felt pain in their amputated limbs.
A false limb is called a prosthetic.