Sentences with phrase «because of your amputation»

But you're also faced with asking yourself if it was because of your amputation.

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The case I like to give my bioethics students to illustrate the point — not least because it was pivotal in the historical formulation of the ordinary / extraordinary distinction — is the battlefield amputation of a limb without pain medication, in order to save a soldier's life.

This time amputation to get the cancer out of her body was not an option because she's already tripawed.

«Just because he has a double amputation, why should he have a different set of rules?»

Former Raider Curt Marsh lost his right foot to amputation, probably because of an injury misdiagnosed by a team doctor

Because of several of those complications, amputations of the lower extremities are often required.

Twenty - four percent of those affected will require a lower - leg amputation because of it.

Vascular injury is a particularly severe complication because if undiscovered and untreated, it can lead to amputation of the leg.

Each year in the United States 40,000 diabetics get kidney disease, up to 24,000 go blind, and 82,000 have amputations — a toe, foot, or leg — because of vascular failure.

Because it was impossible to get a clear view of the injury in the tight space of the wreckage, the surgeon faced the ultimate handicap: He'd have to do the amputation guided only by touch.

That's because human males, Hrdy argues, developed institutions such as marriage and clitoridectomy (the amputation of the clitoris) to repress women's indiscriminate sexuality, so that paternity could not be so easily confused.

That's a long departure from 100 years ago, where the chronic pain of amputation was almost brushed under the carpet, probably because they didn't know what to do with it.»

However, «declawing» is a misleading term because it implies only the removal of claws while the procedure actually involves the amputation of the cat's toes.

Because it is a painful procedure (it is actually an amputation comparable to cutting off each of your fingers at the first knuckle), we encourage you to be proactive and make sure adequate pain medication is provided during the procedure and for a few days following.

This is partly because, should a fibrosarcoma develop at these sites, limb amputation is possible and offers a better chance of complete removal than trying to remove an invasive tumour from the neck region.

This topic has been on my mind lately because of two challenging patients with somewhat unusual causes of amputation.

The LCSN Foundation sponsored this kitten to have a leg amputation because on of its legs was not formed and he was walking on it causing pain and discomfort.

Declawing is a euphemism for the devastatingly painful surgery of paw tip amputation (amputation of the first joints) and that often paw amputation results in lifelong behavioral problems such as biting, hiding and urinating and defecating out - of - box because use of the paws to cover litter becomes forever associated with excruciating pain.

However, there is growing interest in prosthetics and their clinical application because these devices may offer an alternative to euthanasia in severe cases where full amputation or alternative methods of limb spare are not an option.

A fair number of patients may be poor candidates for amputation, due to complicating factors such as severe degenerative joint disease, significant obesity, and multiple tumor sites, or because of owner reluctance for this radical procedure.

With amputation, it is usually easier for a dog to adapt to three legs if they retain the front two because the front legs bear more of the body's weight.

Because of this, recommended treatment is surgery, usually an amputation, to remove the primary tumor followed by chemotherapy to treat distant spread or metastasis.

His history precluded amputation because of severe degenerative myelitis, (some dogs have had a previous bilateral knee surgery) and hip dysplasia.

Because this type of cancer in dogs is painful, amputation is sometimes necessary to get rid of the cancer and stop the pain.

In all of these cases, traditional medicine for animals typically recommends a full limb amputation because «dogs do fine on three legs.»

If you are the victim of an accidental amputation because of someone's negligence, faulty machinery or equipment, or due to some other cause get in touch with a seasoned personal injury lawyer today.

Amputation, loss of a limb and disfigurement are all considered catastrophic injuries because they are wounds that cause long - term or permanent setbacks in the victim's quality of life, both personally and professionally.

Because of the comparatively little protection they have, they are prone to accidents that may cause severe injuries such as: bone fractures, brain and spinal injuries, amputations, or even death.

Although not as common, amputations done in medical settings, however, have been known to occur because of medical malpractice.

As relates to catastrophic injury cases, the amputation may occur because of the traumatic event itself or as a medical consequence of the traumatic event.

In amputation cases the special damage claim will often be worth several hundred thousand pounds because of the need for prosthetics and other equipment.