Disease class: Wounds and Injuries
This term refers to traumatic removal of an external body feature (often digits or limbs). This is a surgical emergency.
Complications
- Haemorrhage
- Hypovolaemic shock
- Fat embolism
- Necrosis of removed tissue
- Infection of remaining tissue
- Sepsis
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Disfigurement
- Permanent disability
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