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- There were nearly 6,000 lower extremity diabetic amputations related
to foot problems in California during 1990.1 Many of these
amputations could have been avoided with proper podiatry treatment.
- The average diabetic related ulcer treatment, including hospitalization,
can cost more than $50,000.
- Podiatry Plan makes podiatry treatment an affordable part of "disease
state management."
- 15% of diabetics will develop foot ulcerations during their
lifetime and 15% of these will require amputations. Half the
diabetics who have amputations die with three years.
- Re-ulceration rate for diabetics is 58% but with proper care
shoes and orthoses it’s only 28%
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