Tag: amputation
Humane society launches urgent appeal to raise money for injured cat facing amputation
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth has launched an urgent appeal campaign to raise funds for a one-year-old cat who needs…
Diana suffered from sepsis – forced to amputation
Diana began to feel unwell on a Friday evening in March last year and went to the emergency department with a high fever. She was sent home with painkillers. The…
Testimony from Alexis Hanquinquant, paratriathlon world champion: “amputation is no longer inevitable”
News Published on 03/10/2023 at 6:12 p.m. Updated 03/10/2023 at 6:12 p.m. Reading 4 min. Marie Lanen Head of parenting section (baby, pregnancy, family) Having just won his 6th Paratriathlon…
After his amputation, journalist Matthieu Lartot announces good news
News Published on 07/17/2023 at 3:29 p.m. Updated 07/17/2023 at 3:29 p.m. Reading 1 min. Affected by a synovial sarcoma in the knee, Matthieu Lartot had to have his right…
Bitten during a family altercation, he comes close to amputation
Donnie Adams was infected with so-called “flesh-eating” bacteria after being bitten in the thigh by a family member during an argument. When a fight breaks out in his family, Donnie…
Critical ischemia of the lower limbs: a new procedure to avoid amputation
News Published on 03/31/2023 at 3:54 p.m. Updated 03/31/2023 at 3:54 p.m. Reading 3 mins. In Western countries, diabetes, smoking and kidney failure can lead to severe peripheral arterial disease,…
Liisa Lilja chose amputation as a child in order to get a functioning leg – now her kidneys, damaged by cancer treatments, ended her career as a para athlete
Two weeks ago, top athlete Liisa Lilja’s kidneys were removed. Now he regularly attends dialysis treatments, on a bicycle, of course. Paratriathlete Liisa Liljan according to the most common question…
Evidence of successful amputation 31,000 years ago!
It is not known exactly when medicine appeared, but it was millennia ago. Until now, researchers thought that many techniques dated back to the beginning of sedentary life, less than…
Evidence of oldest amputation done 31,000 years ago found in a cave in Indonesia
Researchers found evidence of a leg amputation in a skeleton determined to belong to a young human. This finding takes the history of this complex surgery back another 24,000 years.…
July 14: beware of accidents related to firecrackers and fireworks
News Published on 07/10/2020 at 11:26 a.m. Updated 07/13/2022 at 00:00 Reading 2 mins. As every year in France, the national holiday of July 14 is accompanied by the explosion…