All news on the topic: Amputation

An amputee who got a genius tattoo after losing their foot has left social media fans in stitches with the unusual inking, with users praising them for 'laughing at themselves'

Mo Ali, 40, lost four fingers from his right hand at the age of six after playing around in the kitchen - but now he's been given a new lease of life with 3D-printed digits

A man this week appeared to joyfully wield the severed leg of a train crash victim, waving it around on the side of the road just before getting surrounded by local police

An Arizona seven-year-old has developed a terrible bacterial infection, which led to scepsis, causing her to undergo eight surgeries and have both feet and a hand removed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A woman who was a few weeks into her new job as a forklift driver is now regretful as she's forced to have her foot amputated after an unfortunate accident, which left the limb bloody and purple.

James Moore meets the veteran set to represent Team UK at the Invictus Games, who lost his left leg following a horror football injury

Dad-of-four Tonney Forsberg has the world's first fully bionic arm and can manipulate each finger as if it is his own arm after he lost his limb in a tragic accident at work

Loren Schauers had his body amputated below the waist in a hemicorporectomy after falling 50ft in a forklift and being crushed while working, but he hasn't let that hold him back from enjoying life

Evelyn Davis, 22, went to a concert in June and became unwell several days later before being rushed to hospital and diagnosed with sepsis and pneumonia and ending up in a coma

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE: Julia Anderson, 36, was enjoying an evening out drinking vodka with pals before she passed out in an awkward position and woke up in agony