Limb Amputation

Japanese: 四肢切断術 - ししせつだんじゅつ
Limb Amputation
A surgical procedure in which a limb is amputated at a certain point and then separated from the distal part for medical purposes. Amputation at a joint is called disarticulation. Amputation becomes necessary when there is necrosis of the limb, malignant tumor, severe trauma, infection (in life-threatening cases such as gas gangrene, or when pus continues to drain from chronic, intractable purulent osteomyelitis), or deformity. In recent years, advances in prosthetic limb manufacturing and device technology have made it possible to amputate at a high level, fairly close to the trunk, but in principle, efforts are made to leave as long a stump as possible.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
治療のために,四肢をある部位で切り,それより末梢を切り離す手技。関節部での切断を関節離断術という。切断が必要となるのは,四肢の壊死,悪性腫瘍,重度の外傷,感染(ガス壊疽(えそ)などで生命に危険がある場合や,慢性の難治性膿性骨髄炎で排膿が継続する場合など),あるいは奇形があるときである。切断の部位は,近年,義肢の製作,装置技術が進歩したことによって,かなり体幹に近い,高位の部分での切断が可能となったが,原則的には,なるべく長い断端を残す努力をすることになっている。

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