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Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma prolonged constriction or surgery. As a surgical measure it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for such problems. A special case is that of congenital amputation a congenital disorder where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands.
