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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

When you do a section over again

[–] GreatRam@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have a good guess and don't want to Google it

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Oh, I just split it into two words and I dont want to google it either

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Well, I'm no expert, but I do know a couple people who've lost a lower limb, and apparently it's common for problems to develop with the stump, which are aggravated by the use of prosthetics. The consequence is that, every few years, they have to go in and remove a little more of the limb.

My understanding is that resections are things that are needed on the decade timescale, but maybe more frequently. And I'm not sure everyone has this problem. I know only that the two people I know had to have them, and that they limited their prosthetic use - they said - because it increased the chance they'd need a resection.

Maybe an expert can weight in?