Oration on diabetic foot remission held

Noting that diabetic foot complications are common and complex, David Armstrong, Professor of Surgery and Director, Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance, Keck School of Medicine, said that every 1.2 seconds, someone develops a diabetic foot ulcer and, every 20 seconds, someone with diabetes undergoes an amputation.

Diabetic Foot Infections and Amputations Are All Too Common—Here’s What Could Move the Needle

One-third of those hospitalized for a diabetic foot infection will require some form of amputation. And roughly half of people who have a lower-limb amputation will die within 5 years.