When stomach contents get into the lungs it is called aspiration and it can result in serious lung injury or death. We will ask you not to eat or drink anything for a period prior to surgery so that you will have minimal stomach contents at the time of surgery. You should receive instruction concerning this issue during the preoperative evaluation process.
Define amputate: to remove by or as if by cutting; especially : to cut (a part, such as a limb) from the body â amputate in a sentence to remove by or as if by cutting; especially : to cut (a part, such as a limb) from the bodyâ¦ See the full definition
limb. 1. member or extremity; one of the paired appendages of the body used in locomotion or grasping; in humans, an arm or leg with all its parts. 2. a structure or part resembling an arm or leg. anacrotic limb ascending l.(2).hantom limb the sensation, after amputation of a limb, that the absent part is still present; there may also be paresthesias, transient aches, and intermittent or continuous pain perceived as originating in the absent limb. residual limb stump.