Genealogy Projects tagged with congenital anomalies on the Geni Family Tree

Amputation

Amputation is the loss or removal of a body part such as a finger, toe, hand, foot, arm or leg by trauma, medical illness or surgery. *As a surgical measure, it is used often to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene or the result of an accident. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventive surgery for such problems. * A special...