Reamputation Rates Have Not Improved Over Two Decades.
SOMERVILLE, Mass., June 10, 2021 — Podimetrics, a virtual care management company dedicated to preventing costly and deadly diabetic amputations, today announced results from its latest research, which found patients with diabetes who have a lower extremity amputation have a 37 percent chance of having reamputation within five years. The meta-analysis revealed that reamputation rates of lower extremities in people with diabetes have not improved in two decades despite advances in technology and care. The peer-reviewed research appears in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, a journal published in partnership with the American Diabetes Association.
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