Amputation

A matsayin ma'auni na tiyata, ana amfani da shi don sarrafa ciwo ko tsarin cututtuka a cikin abin da ya shafa, irin su malignancy ko gangrene. A wasu lokuta, ana yin shi a kan daidaikun mutane a matsayin tiyata na rigakafi don irin waɗannan matsalolin. Wani lamari na musamman shi ne na yanke jiki na haihuwa, cuta ta haihuwa, inda aka yanke gaɓoɓin tayi ta hanyar maƙarƙashiya. A wasu ƙasashe, a halin yanzu ana amfani da yanke yanke don hukunta mutanen da suka aikata laifuka.

Amputation
Bayanai
Ƙaramin ɓangare na	surgical procedure (en)
Facet of (en)	total absence of body part (en)
Suna a harshen gida	amputatio
Hannun riga da	replantation (en)

An kuma yi amfani da yanke yanke a matsayin dabara wajen yaki da ayyukan ta'addanci; yana iya faruwa a matsayin rauni na yaki. A wasu al'adu da addinan, ƙananan yanke ko yankewa ana ɗaukarsu a matsayin cim ma na al'ada. Idan mutum ya yi shi, mai yanke yankan shine mai yankewa.

Tsohuwar shaidar wannan al'ada ta fito ne daga wani kwarangwal da aka gano a binne a kogon Liang Tebo, Gabashin Kalimantan, na Borneo na Indonesiya tun a kalla shekaru 31,000 da suka gabata, inda aka yi shi a lokacin da wanda aka yanke yana karami