Best Doctors for Amputation in Visakhapatnam

Amputation is a surgical procedure that is done to remove a part of an arm or leg, or the entirety of it. Amputation might be performed to treat severe infection, disease, or crushing injuries where surgical repair of a limb is not possible. It may be done to remove tumors from muscles and bones. Amputation helps manage pain and prevents the infection from spreading to other parts of the limb or body. The most common reason why an amputation surgery may be performed is a wound that does not heal. Diabetes-related infected wounds, gangrene, frostbite, severe peripheral artery disease, etc., are some of the other cases in which amputation may be performed. Some of the common types of amputation surgeries that are performed include, finger(s) amputation, above or below knee amputations, foot amputation, and lastly, toe(s) amputation. During amputation, the surgeon removes all the dead tissue and retains as much healthy tissue as possible. The hospital stay, physical therapy, and the need for prosthetics (artificial limbs), all depend on the type of amputation performed, and the complexity of it.