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What is the cost of diabteic foot amputation prevention?

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What is the cost of diabteic foot amputation prevention?

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Determining the actual financial cost of a diabetic foot or leg amputation amputation is easy. Statistics are collected by Medicare and clearly show that a diabetic leg amputation costs about $60,000. This of course is a large sum of money, but only tells part of the story. Worse yet is the uncaluable losses such as the forced changes in lifestyle following an amputation. No more walks on the beach, dancing on your anniversary or chasing the grandkids around. There is an undeniable emotional toll that likely far exceed the financial loss. But again, diabetes related amputations can be prevented. In this short video clip, we dicuss the cost of preventing a diabetic foot amputation. Why doesn’t the American Limb Preservation Society accept clients who smoke? Smoking is nothing less than an elective medical catastrophe in the diabetic patient. Smoking has a number of disastrous effects on the foot and leg. For example, we know that a patient who smokes is 2.7 times more likely of having d

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