Causes of Amputation

Causes of Amputation

Amputation may be the result of a traumatic injury or a planned surgical procedure to remove a diseased or deformed body part. The most common reason is peripheral artery disease due to hardening of the arteries.

Amputation: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Amputation, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Amputation:

• Toe amputation
• Thumb ampuatation
• Knee amputation
• Leg amputation
• Phantom limb

Amputation: Causes and Types

Causes of Types of Amputation: Review the cause informationfor the various types of Amputation:

• Amputated finger
• Amputated thumb
• Amputated arm
• Amputated toe
• Amputated leg
• more types...»

Causes of Broader Categories of Amputation: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

• Physical conditions
• Leg conditions
• Finger conditions
• Arm conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Limb conditions
• more types...»

Amputation as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Amputation as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Amputation. Our database lists the following as having Amputation as a complication of that condition:

• Acroosteolysis neurogenic
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Type 2B
• Compartment Syndrome
• Frostbite
• Gangrene
• Mycetoma
• Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type II
• Peripheral vascular disease

Medical news summaries relating to Amputation:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Amputation:

• Children increasingly face adult diseases
• Children suffering adult disease
• Diabetic neuropathy causal link
• Diabetics need to be aware of possible complications
• Insulin resistance, a predictor of type 2 diabetes
• Man sues for loss of leg and livelihood
• Predictors of meningitis
• Uncontrolled diabetes can have serious consequences
• Woman dies after being accidentally injected with antiseptic soution
• More news »

Cause statistics for Amputation:

The following are statistics from various sources about the causes of Amputation:

• 0.7% of diabetics had a lower limb amputation in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 60% of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur among diabetics in the US 2001 (National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet, NIDDK, 2003)
• 82,000 nontraumatic lower-limb amputations were performed annually on diabetics in the US 2000-2001 (National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet, NIDDK, 2003)
• more statistics...»

Related information on causes of Amputation:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Amputation may be found in:

• Risk factors for Amputation
• Contagiousness for Amputation
• Genetics of Amputation
• Hidden causes of Amputation

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