How Limited Access Dressing is an Effective Tool for Limb Salvage in Diabetic Patients?

The increasing rate of diabetes all around the globe is a major concern today. As far as limb amputation is concerned, diabetes around the globe results in one major limb amputation every 30 seconds, over 2500 limbs lost per day. In India alone, 40,000 amputations are performed annually [1]. In Saudi Arabiagradually becoming a major Problem [2]. The CDC estimates that 23.6 million Americans currently have diabetes-7 percent of the U.S. population-up from 18.2 million in 2003 [3]. Diabetesrelated amputations cost approximately three billion dollars per year ($38,077 per amputation procedure) [4, 5]. With the rise of diabetes diagnoses, there is also an expected rise in the number of amputees.