It said White went outside and fired a shotgun at the burglars, injuring Richards, who later required the partial amputation of his leg.

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Diabetic vascular disease is a leading cause of leg amputation.

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An athlete all his life, Howard was a distance runner for the University of California, Irvine cross-country team before a diagnosis of osteosarcoma and amputation of his left leg just below the knee.

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He had undergone an above-the knee amputation on his right leg at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and, as part of the surgery, a vein was removed from his left leg leaving a wound which would not heal properly.

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The President normally uses the example of, are we going to invest some money to treat somebody so that they don't get diabetes, rather than paying a specific reimbursement for an amputation of the part of a leg that's normally the result of diabetes?

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When Jalaine Sommers' 5-year-old rottweiler, Clyde, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bone cancer of the leg, her vet recommended amputation and chemotherapy.

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The precocious 6-year-old was born with a congenital heart defect and had a complication with a tube inserted in his right leg, leading to an amputation above his knee.

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In a makeshift clinic there was a man with head injuries from shrapnel, another whose leg injury was most likely going to lead to an amputation.

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Kubica suffered a partial amputation of his forearm and compound fractures to his right elbow, shoulder and leg in the accident in Andorra last February.

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