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| | Amputation - Medical Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Some types of amputation are foot amputations, ankle disarticulation, below-knee amputation, knee-bearing amputation, above knee amputation, hip disarticulation, amputation of digits, metacarpal amputation, wrist disarticulation, forearm amputation, elbow disarticulation, above-elbow amputation, and shoulder disarticulation and forequarter amputation. |
 | | In rare cases one of somebody's limbs gets stuck in a deserted place, the person has no means of communication, and there is nobody to help or to get help, and therefore the victim carries out an amputation on him- or herself: |
 | | In 2003 27-year old Aron Ralston amputated his forearm using his pocket-knife and breaking and tearing the two bones, after the arm got stuck under a boulder when hiking in Utah.[1] |
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