All news on the topic: Amputation

Meghan Markle’s father has had his left leg amputated below the knee in a life-saving three-hour operation to remove a blood clot as he remains in an intensive care unit.

A surgeon, who deliberately froze his lower legs for "sexual gratification," resulting in them being amputated, has been jailed.

A renowned cardiovascular surgeon, who stated that he lost both legs due to sepsis, has been accused of ’causing his own injuries’.

Texas high school teacher Sherri Moody's routine field trip took a drastic turn when a severe infection led to quadruple amputations, leaving her battling for her life

A teenager who survived a horrifying car crash in 2021 has become a public speaker, sharing the story that left her without a leg after her car spun out of control and she ended up hanging from a power line for an hour

Molly Harbron, 25, who is now reliant on a prosthetic leg and a wheelchair, was determined to stand in her wedding dress when she tied the knot with husband Daniel

Mother Cindy Mullins, 41, who had all her limbs amputated to offset the effects of sepsis will undergo another surgery next week as she navigates her new condition

After losing a hand in an industrial accident thirty years ago, teacher Suleman Chohan can ride a bike and play video games again after being fitted with new 3D-printed prosthetic

WARNING CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES. Brandon Boothby, 31, from Florida, was diagnosed with a two-in-a-million condition that left his body vulnerable to 'harmless' pathogens and bacteria

England's first senior women's national amputee football team was established last November and is bidding not only to win the first-ever Women's World Cup this year but inspire generations to comem

Joanna Barry, 35, smashed her bones and eventually had her foot amputated after she slipped on a staircase whilst holding her young son in a freak accident that changed her life forever

Mathias Uribe from Nashville, Tennessee, also had to get both legs amputated to stop the sepsis from getting any more worse. He is now on the long road to recovery

Mum Kirsten Fox was given Tamiflu before she was admitted to hospital, her organs then began to shut down and she was told she would have to have all four limbs amputated in life-changing operations

Having a blister on your toe is a common occurrence, but for one woman it led to a series of brutal and life-changing consequences where she ended up losing a leg

Luke Mortimer raised thousands of pounds for LimbPower and Children in Need after reaching the summit of Embsay Crag in North Yorkshire

The operation – the boy’s 28th – should encourage his left leg to grow to the same size as the right one, stabilising his hip and enabling him to walk unaided on his prosthetics

A professional snowmobile racer from Windom, Minnesota, has had both legs amputated after he became trapped in an auger while cleaning out a grain bin with doctors saying he was reduced with seconds to spare

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. A man who just underwent a leg amputation after several botched surgeries to save it shared explicit photos of his severed leg on Reddit. The photos sparked a conversation citing religion, DIY projects and personal anecdotes from fellow amputees

Laura Barajas, from California, had to have both her arms and her legs amputated after picking up a rare bacterial infection from eating undercooked Tilapia fish she had brought from her local market

A mum in California lost all four of her limbs after she contracted sepsis when she ae raw fish from a food market in San Jose. Here is everything you need to know

14-year-old Mathias Uribe, a piano starlet from Tennessee, had to have his hands and feet amputated after flu symptoms turned out to be streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

The parents of a Tennessee piano starlet have opened up on the torrid months they went through after he went through sepsis - a bodily overreaction to infection. They are attempting to raise money for Mathias' prosthetics, so he can play piano again

Tennessee teenager and piano starlet Mathias Uribe has had all four limbs amputated after his flu-like symptoms turned deadly, but his parents are adamant he is going to have an "amazing life" despite losing his hands and feet

With World Sepsis Day falling on September 13, we highlight the tell-tale signs you must be aware of and speak to one woman whose brush with the infection led to life changing surgery

Luke Mortimer was just seven when he became ill with meningococcal meningitis and had his hands and feet removed - but now he's looking to a brighter future