Peter A. Lazzarini

Nov 12, 2023 | mja.com.au | Peter A. Lazzarini |Anita Raspovic |Jenny Prentice |Robert J. Commons

Diabetes‐related foot disease (DFD) — foot ulcers, infection and ischaemia — is a leading cause of hospitalisation, amputation, disability, and health care costs.1,2,3,4,5,6 In Australia each year, DFD affects around 50 000 people, causing 28 000 hospitalisations, 5000 amputations and $1.6 billion in costs.1,2,3,4,5 Further, 300 000 Australians are at risk of DFD, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have up to a 38‐fold risk of developing DFD and ensuing amputations.1,2,3,4,7...