Diseases

Traumatic Amputation

Loss of a limb or other bodily appendage by accidental injury.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Loss of a limb or other bodily appendage by accidental injury.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Amputation, Traumatic
  • Amputations, Traumatic
  • Traumatic Amputations

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

by accident or injury: do not confuse with AMPUTATION (see AMPUTATION, SURGICAL), a surgical procedure; /surg: consider also REPLANTATION

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History Note

72

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Previous Indexing

  • Amputation (1966-1971)

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Tree Number

  1. C26w.062w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Traumatic Amputation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000673. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000673
  2. Traumatic Amputation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_amputation
  3. Traumatic Amputation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7835822