Traumatic Amputation - Cause

Cause

Traumatic Amputation occurred for approximately 1 in 20,000 people worldwide in 2012. Loss of limb usually happened in the course of an accident, but sometimes later after medical complications. The most common causes of traumatic amputations are:

• Traffic accidents
• Work (equipments, instruments, cylinders, chain saws, press machines, meat machines, wood machines, etc)
• Agricultural accidents, with machines and mower equipment
• Electric shock
• Guns, weapons, and explosives, dynamite, bombs, fireworks, terrorism attacks, etc.
• Violent rupture of ship rope or industry wire rope
• Ring traction (ring amputation, de-gloving)
• Building and car doors.
• Rare accidents.