Amputation of the tail, or caudectomy, is a relatively common procedure indicated for self-mutilating or non-healing traumatic lesions, neoplasia and skin infections refractory to medical management.

(Travis Golby/CBC) A patient safety review is underway after a 48-year-old man went in for an amputation of his right leg at Grace Hospital, but came out of the procedure to find out his left leg ...

“You really need to be honest, because most of these patients will end up needing an ancillary procedure like a transmetatarsal amputation,” he noted. “So, they're dealing with quite a lot of things.

His doctors concluded that he would need his leg amputated, a procedure that is estimated to cost around $900. “He’s such a ...

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A patient safety review is underway after a 48-year-old man went in for an amputation of his right leg at Grace Hospital, but came out of the procedure to find out his left leg below his knee had been ...

The procedure involves cleaning out the infected ... This increases the risk of ulcers and infections which may lead to amputation. "Now more and more people in their 30s and 40s are getting ...

Consultant vascular surgeon Ian Nichol, who works at The James Cook University Hospital, saved the leg of Chris Dolan, 50 ...

"Nowadays, you think about amputation in western context, it's a very safe operation. The person is given anaesthesia, sterile procedures are used, there is control of bleeding and pain management.