Dr. Gielis added that doctors had already performed a number of double amputations.

I'd started thinking about how the real solution to all my problems might be a double amputation.

The wounds were cauterized by the arc that made them, but the shock of the high voltage and double amputation would certainly be fatal.

He runs with prosthetic legs, as he has a double above-knee congenital amputation.

He holds the world record for athletes with a double amputation, in both the full and half marathon.

The disability may be a result of double amputation of both arms and hands or dysmelia of the upper limbs.

When he was 20, he damaged his legs further in a motorbike accident and underwent a double amputation below the knee.

In the past month, six British soldiers have suffered double amputations or worse as a result of Taliban bombs.

"But with a double amputation, even with a hook, you don't do a lot," he said.

The maintenance man was a double traumatic amputation.