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Things like that is considered vandalism and should be deleted and reported ASAP. Montgomery' 39 17:44, 23 June 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Montgomery '39 (talk • contribs)
foot
Is the picture of the infected foot really necessary? I suspect some readers will find it extremely disturbing. And it doesn't seem to add anything to the article. I suggest it be removed. -Danorris 03:49, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I agree. But I think a suitable replacement picture should be found before it is deleted.DanP 18:17, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Removed—it really was disturbing, and added nothing to the text. If no suitable picture is available, then by definition the article goes without. —Simon00:51, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
inquiry into first picture
who is the girl in the picture? it might be relevant whether her amputation was done deliberately or was necessary.Evilbu22:48, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Accidental Amputation
No word on accidental amputation? Mines... industrial accidents... etc.? What about the effects of such accidents... shock, blood loss, etc.?Angrynight15:24, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Amputechture
I am a fan of The Mars Volta, and I read on a forum about their album's title that amputechture was a filmy substance that builds up after an amputation. Is this true?
No, it is a made up word.
It is amputation and architecture. As in artistic amputation. MM
Are the pictures of the dog neccessary? I dont think that they add anything to the page. I could understand if they illustrated imporvement after an amputation, next do a brief description, but as it is it appears like someones pet that they want on the internet...
MM
minor amputations or mutilations as a ritual accomplishment =?= circumcision
"In some cultures and religions, minor amputations or mutilations are considered a ritual accomplishment." Does this include circumcision? If so, it should be internally linked to within the text or under see also. Regards, —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article contradicts the Dactyly article, which says:
Hypodactyly is having too few digits when not caused by an amputation.
Then when you click on the link, it tells you that the condition is caused by "the removal of a body extremity by trauma (also referred to as avulsion) or surgery". Keshidragon22:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well...then remove the reference in the aputation article....the other page should be right. Patrick Flynn
I'm sorry, but I don't see the contradition. When you have to few digits not due to amputation (i.e., congenitally) then it's hypodactyly. When you have a body extremity (including fingers) removed by trama or surgery, then it's amputation (that is, too few fingers due to amputation). In one case, you are born with it, in the other it's a surgical procedure, and the hypodactyly article is simply making it clear that too fingers due to amputation does not count as hypodactyly. Where's the contradition there? Edhubbard08:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
More detail?
I know very little about how wikipedia actually works, so I hope I don't violate any rules of wikipedia here. The only edits I've done on other articles have been basic grammar corrections.
I go to wikipedia for a quick refernce on everything. So I ended up here when I found out my brother-in-law is about to have his left leg amputated and I wanted some idea of what was involved. I came to wikipedia, as always, for a basic idea of what this involves, and I've found it a shade wanting. How the process actually works and side-effects (other than phantom limb) are entirely untouched. This article even includes a dead link to "transected". I have no idea what "transected" means.
While I know this page isn't a FAQ, allow me to propose some ideas that could be addressed:
What does amputation actually involve? In the dark ages we propbably just cut everything off with an axe, but I'd imagine times have changed. This doesn't seem to be addressed in the article. And a couple more points:
While the article mentions the side-effect of phantom limbs, I'd imagins there are a lot more side-effects. Can these be discussed in the article?
How does the circulovasculatory system compensate for a loss in distribution area?
I didn't see anything in the article about how amputation in actually performed. I think the article would do well to point out how amputation is done now as well in the past.
I don't mean this as a criticism at all. The article as a whole sticks to NPOV, and has a lot of detail, but I feel that it really could be expanded and I'm not qualified to do it.
As a Physio interested in learning more about amputations, in order to treat a patient with a trans-femoral amputation, I started my search here, and feel that there are quite a few topics missing. I would like to know more about the surgery involved - how are the muscles reattached, what are the considerations when deciding where to cut (other than to remove all damaged/infected tissue), what happens to the nerve endings, how is a good blood supply maintained in the stump (does a capilliary bed form naturally or is it constructed)? etc.
I had understood that peripheral vascular disease was the main cause of amputation - this cause is not cited (or is sepsis with peripheral necrosis the same thing - perhaps UK v US language?) The list of famous amputees does not seem to include anyone who has lost limbs due to PVD.
When looking up PVD when I first came across it at Uni, I remember a shocking picture of a patient who had just had a bilateral upper limb amputation, whose 'friend' had rigged up a devise to enable him to smoke, using a metal coathanger - this might be an appropriate addition to the article if anyone knows where to find it.
I understand that neuroma can be a problem with amputation - could there be a link to this topic perhaps?
Also, are the flesh coloured foam coverings used over prosthetic lower limbs also called cosmeses as they don't seem to be the same thing as described in the article, as they are fairly basic and only really give the prosthesis a basically similar shape to a natural limb, and they still look artificial even at a distance?
My patient says that the walls of the amputees clinic are covered with awe inspiring pictures of people wearing prosthetic limbs using climbing walls, fixing lorries (soldiers)etc - could some positive images like these be included?Skphysio (talk) 14:19, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Amputation and Islamic Law
I changed "some Islamic authourities are calling for a moratorium upon [corporal punishment] until equality, welfare and social justice exist in the Muslim world, as stealing out of desperation, deprivation or adverse social circumstances should not be punished" (emphasis mine), since the italicised clause did not seem to derive from the article cited. Based on the cited article about an Islamic scholar, I replaced the italicised clause with, "pending developments in Islamic law." --72.150.58.61 (talk) 00:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Copyediting needed?
I'm wondering why there is a copyedit tag on this page. Sure, it may need some additional information, but the article is on the whole fairly well written IMO. I'm removing the copyedit tag for the time being, as I see no real reason for it to remain. If you want additional information to be added, please use the appropriate tag.KaylaraOwl (talk) 19:42, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
List
The list is getting a bit long - I propose splitting it off into a separate article or turning it into a category. The 'in fiction' section needs each to be sourced and to be thinned out to the most notable. Brilliantine (talk) 19:43, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
D - We could go with B in a pinch but I am sure there are better images out there. I believe that A and C are inappropriate as general illustrations of the concept. What we need is a simple, clear image showing a person with an amputation. - EronTalk05:21, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you new Russian you would understand that C (Kersnovskaya's picture) is not a picture of either torture or amputation but it is putting a broken arm of a prisoner in a plaster cast! Yes, it is painful since it is being performed without anethestization. Kersnovskaya worked as a nurse in a prison camp and helped to perform such procedures.
What about all those three-legged dog pictures? Okay, I'm kidding. I agree there is not a lot on Commons but there may be other free pictures out there. Or perhaps some Wikipedian with an amputation (or who knows someone) could get a picture and contribute it. (After all, there seems to be no shortage of people willing to offer up pictures of their genitals to illustrate the appropriate articles...) - EronTalk16:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
At the end I went ahead and added two images that I hadn't noticed when I opened the straw poll:
Could neoplasm be changed to cancer? I know it's the same thing but not everybody knows what a neoplasm is.- BennyK95 - Talk 23:09, October 8 2009 (UTC)
Notable amputee of person
I took the liberty to delete『Jamel Debbouze— Popular French actor and comedian; lost his right hand while crossing a railway in childhood.』from the notable amputee list.
Jamel Debouzze lost the use of his arm in this accident, but wasn't amputated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1001Bob (talk • contribs) 21:58, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Iran
Googling amputation iran gives a good bunch of recent amputations of thieves in Iran. As recently as 2008 the NYT reported that amputation was a legal punishment since 1979[1]. If this punishment is outlawed in Iran, then please cite sources for the outlawing. --Enric Naval (talk) 13:39, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Douglas Bader—Royal Air Force fighter pilot during World War II; lost both legs performing low-flying aerobatics, but continued to fly and even engaged in escape attempts as a POW of the Germans.
Mariana Bridi Costa—Brazilian model and beauty queen; suffered several amputations in a failed attempt to save her life. Lost all of both hands and feet. Died at age 20 on January 24, 2009 of septicemia resulting from Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection that quickly spread throughout her body.
George Eyser American gymnast, he competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, earning six medals in one day, including three gold and two silver medals. Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg.
Lindsay Ess—quadruple amputee and teacher at Virginia Commonwealth University
Peter Lalor—Australian politician and leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion, a battle often characterised as the "birth of democracy" in Australia. Had his left arm amputated due to injuries sustained during the uprising.
Harold Lloyd—American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies. Lost his right thumb and index finger during an accident on the set of Haunted Spooks.
Bruce Marshall—Scottish novelist and author; lost leg as a result of wounds suffered in World War I.
Kyle Maynard, an American motivational speaker and athlete.
Heather Mills—ex-wife of former BeatlePaul McCartney as well as an activist and former model; lost left leg six inches below the kneecap in an accident where she was hit by a police motorcycle.
Claus von Stauffenberg — German Colonel who lost his right hand during World War II; mastermind behind a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler;
Edward Teller — Physicist; lost his leg from the knee down after he jumped from a train station platform trying to catch a train.
John Tester —U.S. Senator; as a child, lost the middle, index, and ring finger on his left hand in an accident while working with a meat grinder.
Fred Titmus, former English Test cricketer and professional footballer, who lost four toes while swimming, when his foot got caught up with a boat propeller.
Lee Van Cleef —American actor; lost the tip of his middle finger on his right hand while building a playhouse for his daughter.
Kerry Von Erich American wrestler "The Texas Tornado", lost right foot in motorcycle accident but continued his wrestling career with a prosthetic foot.
Pyotr Nikolayevich Vlasov—Russian photographer; lost his left thumb, index finger, and middle finger, as well as an inch of his right index finger, when dynamite exploded in his hands in the coalmine where he worked as a teenager during World War II.
Patrick Watson— Canadian broadcaster, author, commentator and television writer, producer and director, lost his left leg above the knee in 1960 following an accident.
Amy Palmiero-Winters — American ultramarathon runner; first amputee to compete on a senior able-bodied nationals team in any sport, took 19th place at the 2010 World 24-Hour Championship after running 129 miles in 24 hours, winner of the 2010 Sullivan Award and a 2010 ESPY, first amputee to finish the Western States Endurance Race; missing one lower leg and foot due to a motorcycle accident.
Raissa Laurel - A Filipina law student and one of the victim of the 2010 bar examination blast in Manila, Philippines. She lost both lower legs after the bombing incident.
Josh Sundquist — American Paralympic ski racer, best-selling author, motivational speaker, and YouTube personality; lost his leg to childhood cancer.
Actually, no. Not only is the article, factually, not a stub, but thinking that it would be funny is offensive to the 1.7 million people in the U.S. (and certainly more worldwide) who are amputees [2]. These people are soldiers, firefighters, police officers, people with diabetes and hundreds of thousands of average people who have lost limbs in horrific circumstances. This a medical article, and is not the place for schoolboy humor. Edhubbard (talk) 21:23, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am new to wikipedia, so I dont know the proper polite protocol to do this. But I would like to ask, how is this page different from the page on "amputation"?
I think the merge is a good idea, neither article is too long, and the information in each article complements the other very well. Cliff (talk) 15:20, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
My verge was reverted because Cliff thought I lost too much information. I understand the need for discussion, so here is a few thoughts I have about what I have done and what I might have missed. The causes, classification, and treatment sections of [traumatic amputation] is very well covered in [amputation] so, I believe no significant loss of information there. I left out the Indications - Contraindications section.I cant find the source it was referencing. I think that section needs a lot more work. For the Epidemiology section, I added a statistic similar to the first statistic in the traumatic amputation article from a different source, and I neglected the second one about distribution of amputees on profession. I might have missed out some advances in amputation outlined in the introduction as well.Shon Lee (talk) 17:08, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I oppose the merge. The concept of traumatic amputation is much different than the condition of medical amputation done under controlled circumstances. --Arcadian (talk) 13:10, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think if you remove the advances in medical amputation, the section about social amputation, the "treatments section", which is mostly covered in the amputations article, the remaining article would be so short that we should merge it anyway. Maybe give it a subsection in amputation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shon Lee (talk • contribs) 19:11, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support a merge (possibly a subsection - subsections for above knee, below knee and arm amputations would also be useful). I've been editing a lot of Paralympic athletes pages, including those of several traumatic amputees. All have been wikilinked to amputation rather than traumatic amputation. Sportygeek (talk) 22:12, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The content of the article is in entirety contained within this article. As the merge request has been placed for over two years I can only conclude that there have been no significant objections. In this light I have completed the merge. LT90001 (talk) 11:00, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
