Thomas Markle shares steady recovery progress and small victories after urgent leg amputation

Thomas Markle, 81, says he's 'making good progress' with physiotherapy two months after having his left leg amputated in a three-hour 'life or death' operation

When an ulcer appeared on his toe in the fall of 2023, Tony Rastall assumed it would heal with routine care. Instead, the small wound marked the beginning of a rapid decline in circulation that left him with the possibility of losing his leg. The Chardon ...

Buff Bagwell reveals what motivated him to document his leg amputation. Former WCW star Buff Bagwell went under the knife to have his right leg amputated in July 2025. The cause of the surgery was later disclosed to be an accident Bagwell suffered in the ...

Objectives To provide a nationwide epidemiological assessment of upper limb amputations (ULAs) in Germany, including incidence trends, underlying aetiologies, amputation levels and revision patterns,