And the 'apotemnophiliacs' …

Unnecessary and imprudent amputations comprise a vile and reprehensible unskilled use of the knife in medicine, and very saddening and disheartening, that the other edge of that two-edged lance, the edge that heals instead of wounding more deeply, is not used.

Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd recovering after second leg amputation

Irish actor, who had first amputation after football injury, reveals new wheelchair in TikTok video

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The 29-year-old Irish performer had her first amputation six years ago after injuring her foot playing football as a teenager, which led to years of surgeries and chronic pain.

That's called medical malpractice.

“I’M JUST GETTING STARTED,” SAYS PARALYMPIAN SKIER, TRIATHLETE AND MUSICIAN - MedTech Europe

UK Royal Air Force musician Shona Brownlee suffered a seemingly minor leg injury, which in fact had caused irreparable nerve damage.

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Shona’s injury happened at the end of her RAF training. What initially appeared to be a straight-forward ankle sprain left her unable to use her foot and in constant pain. After six years of rehabilitation and unsuccessful surgeries, she made the decision to have her leg amputated below the knee and was fitted with a prosthesis. But she couldn’t have predicted what would follow.

And more medical malpractice. No boot with decent ankle support? Either that's a draft dodge, and she decided not to go to battle in the Royal Air Force after basic training, or else it's a large crew of anti-military peacenik doctors that yanked her out of military duty.

Strange because a few years ago I fell and broke my shinbone in a spiral fracture and it fully healed with no treatment at all. And actually I rode a bicycle every day (very carefully) with a broken leg and no splint or cast. The bone being set in place, what weight I could bear on it, that helped it heal.