Woman Has Her Fingers and Toes Amputated After Kidney Stone Infection: ‘I Was on Death’s Door’

Louise Marshallsay was trying to naturally pass a kidney stone when she developed an infection that led to septic shock. In ...

Mum forced to have arm amputated days after doctors 'mistook black hand for newspaper ink'

Lorraine Pettie, 52, realised that the fingers on her right hand were changing in colour back in October, with the mum ...

Blemish on mum’s fingers was blamed on NEWSPAPER INK – days later her rotting arm was amputated… months later she died

DAYS before her arm was amputated, Lorraine Pettie noticed the tips of her fingers turning a purple colour. At first, the ...
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Toe transfer surgery may improve outcomes after finger amputation

Waltham — August 7, 2025 — For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits and may lead to greater improvement in hand ...
Yahoo

More Igloo coolers recalled after fingertip amputations

(WJW) – The popular cooler-making company Igloo has expanded an earlier recall after receiving nearly 80 reports of fingertip injuries, including more than two dozen that resulted in fingertip ...
The Shreveport Times

Igloo is recalling millions of its rolling coolers due to finger amputation hazards

Igloo is recalling over one million 90 quart rolling coolers because of fingertip amputation and crushing hazards, according to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. On Feb. 13, approximately 1.06 ...
Hyperallergic

Cave Art Handprints With Missing Fingertips Point to Ritual Amputation

What would it take for you to chop off the tip of your finger? Looking into the missing fingertips exhibited in hundreds of prehistoric handprints along the walls of Western European cave sites, ...