• Congenital amputation is birth without a limb or limbs, or without a part of a limb or limbs. It is known to be caused by blood clots forming in the fetus...
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    of congenital amputation, a congenital disorder, where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands. In some countries, judicial amputation is...
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    distal to the point of constriction (congenital lymphedema) Amputation of digits, arms, and legs (congenital amputation) There are three different theories...
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    by ultrasound in utero to prepare for amputation after birth or complex bone lengthening surgery. The amputation usually takes place at six months with...
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    Kyle Maynard (category Congenital amputees)
    Crossfit gym. Although he was born with a rare condition known as congenital amputation, where fibrous bands prevent the development of fetal limbs, Maynard...
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    as he has a double through-knee congenital amputation. He set world records for athletes with a double amputation, in both the full and half marathon...
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    Amelia (birth defect) (category Congenital amputations)
    Amelia is the birth defect of lacking one or more limbs. The term may be modified to indicate the number of legs or arms missing at birth, such as tetra-amelia...
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    up their great foot like an umbrella." Aziza (African mythology) Congenital amputation Sirenomelia Fachan Invunche Kasa-obake Kui (Chinese mythology) Nasnas...
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    Tetra-amelia syndrome (category Congenital amputations)
    autosomal recessive tetraamelia, is an extremely rare autosomal recessive congenital disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. Other areas of...
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  • form in freestyle wrestling in high school despite being born with congenital amputation that resulted in the shortening of all his limbs. The Best Athlete...
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    Thalidomide scandal (category Congenital amputations)
    commit various crimes, western Germany had been very reluctant to monitor congenital disorders in a similarly strict way. The parliamentary report rejected...
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  • creation of the Paralympics. Olivér Halassy of Hungary, whose left leg was amputated below the knee, won three medals (two gold and a silver) in water polo...
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  • ileal conduit in the upper abdominal quadrants. The second stage is the amputation at the lumbar spine. With the removal of almost half of the circulatory...
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    Dysmelia (category Congenital disorders of musculoskeletal system)
    [citation needed] missing (aplasia) limbs: amelia, oligodactyly, congenital amputation e.g. tibial or radial aplasia malformation of limbs: shortening...
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  • to Hannah Harrison. In January 2019, they adopted a child with congenital amputations from China. They adopted their second child from Thailand in 2023...
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    Thalidomide (category Congenital amputations)
    Miller MT (1991). "Thalidomide embryopathy: a model for the study of congenital incomitant horizontal strabismus". Transactions of the American Ophthalmological...
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  • spontaneous detachment (amputation) of an appendage or organ from the body. This is not to be confused with self-amputation. It is usually due to destruction...
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  • deficiency Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, lipoid Congenital afibrinogenemia Congenital alopecia X linked Congenital amputation Congenital aneurysms of...
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    Hemimelia (category Congenital amputations)
    bone may be shortened or not develop at all. Transverse hemimelia is a congenital absence of part or all of a limb (including hand or foot) and is called...
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    involves separating the ulna and radius for below-elbow amputations, and in cases of congenital absence of the hand, to provide a pincerlike grasp that...
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  • Meromelia (category Congenital amputations)
    1155/2019/3419383. ISSN 2090-6862. PMC 6612976. PMID 31341693. "Nomenclature for Congenital Skeletal Limb Deficiencies, a Revision of the Frantz and O'Rahilly Classification"...
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  • Tom, who was born without legs. The condition is referred to as congenital amputation. Margaret Tom, who has no severe disabilities and assists her mother...
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    Matt Cowdrey (category Congenital amputees)
    Paralympic swimmer. He presently holds numerous world records. He has a congenital amputation of his left arm; it stops just below the elbow. Cowdrey competed...
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  • Nick Newell (category Congenital amputees)
    who competes in the lightweight division. Newell was born with congenital amputation of his left arm, which ends just below his elbow. Newell has a very...
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    medical treatment was available, full amputation of the legs at the hip was often performed. More recently, the amputation (actually a disarticulation because...
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    Acheiropodia (category Congenital amputations)
    Ogata, Tsutomu; Haga, Nobuhiko (2021-07-01). "Treatment approaches for congenital transverse limb deficiency: Data analysis from an epidemiological national...
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    Clubfoot is a congenital or acquired defect where one or both feet are rotated inward and downward. Congenital clubfoot is the most common congenital malformation...
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  • traumatic amputation of a limb, removal of an organ, or in instances of congenital limb deficiency. It is most commonly observed after amputation, although...
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  • indicates author or illustrator with a limb difference. Congenital limb deformities Amputation List of children's books featuring deaf characters List...
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  • acquired or congenital amputations. People in this class have combination of amputations of the upper and lower extremities. Their amputations impact their...
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