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Meanings of amputated above in English

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Usage of amputated above in English
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The doctors amputated above the knee, but it was too late.
A fierce radiance: a novel
2
Both limbs of the general were amputated above the knee.
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 11
3
He was taken to hospital where his left leg was amputated above the knee.
Radio NZ
4
My right leg had just been amputated above the knee.
The Irish Times
5
His arm is gone, sir; amputated above the elbow; and he has decided to resign.
A War-Time Wooing: A Story
6
Both of his legs were amputated above the knee.
News.com.au
7
With both legs amputated above the knee, having a lower centre of gravity makes walking easier.
Reuters
8
Mr McNally's leg was amputated above the knee by surgeons at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
The Irish Times
9
I think that his left leg has been amputated above the knee, and that he wears an artificial limb.
John Thorndyke's Cases / related by Christopher Jervis and edite...
10
Then she saw a man with an arm amputated above the elbow and a scar on one lean cheek.
Funeral in Blue
11
Mr Lokotui, now 19, suffered a significant injury to one of his legs and it was amputated above the knee.
Radio NZ
12
Doctors at Chulalongkorn hospital, where the bomber is being treated, said the second leg had to be amputated above the knee.
The Guardian
13
The poor fellow's leg had had to be amputated above the knee, the result of a tubercular decay of the bone.
Selected Polish Tales
14
He fought back and escaped, and was evacuated to hospital, where his left leg had to be amputated above the knee.
The Guardian
15
In the operating theater another woman is having her leg amputated above the knee to save her from a potentially lethal infection.
Reuters
16
It was crushed so badly that he had to be carried to the Bradford Infirmary, where the leg was amputated above the knee.
Real Ghost Stories
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