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Foot Complications and
Hospitalizations
• Leading cause of Hospitalizations for diabetic
• 25% of all diabetics admissions in the US
• 60% of non-traumatic amputations occur in
diabetics
• 3-5 year risk of contra lateral amputation is 51%
• 5 year life expectancy following low limb
amputation is 40-50%
• THIS MEANS THAT DIABETIC AMPUTATIONS
ARE MORE LETHAL THAN MANY SERIOUS
CANCERS