To amputate, surgeons cut through skin, muscle, blood vessels, nerves and bone. The exposed bone then gets filed smooth, with rounded edges. Nerves are cut slightly higher than the main amputation area and retracted up into the muscle, to prevent potentially painful bundles of nerve cells from forming close to the stump's surface.
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