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ELI5: How do doctors amputate limbs?

Do they cut off and cauterize a little bit at a time or do they just chop that bitch off and do it all at once?
gpt
Kind of depends on the type/level of the amputation. Typically you identify the major nerves and vascular structures and tie them off, followed by cutting all the soft tissue with the bone being last.