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It is also the leading cause of both end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and non-traumatic lower extremity amputations (LEAs) in Canada, accounting for 32% and 50% of new cases, respectively [ 8 9 ] . Four hundred new cases of blindness can be attributed to diabetes each year, making diabetes the leading cause of new blindness in Canadian adults [ 10 ] . Many of the complications of diabetes are particularly debilitating to the patient, accompanied not only by a personal physical and emotional burden, but a significant economic one for the patient, family members, the nation as a whole and the health care system in particular.
Neuropathy and foot ulcers can lead to amputations.
Lots of operations are gross--leg amputations, burn surgery, removal of facial tumors, etc.
LEAs - lower extremity amputations
Many of these patients undergo emergency surgery as a result of lower extremity infections requiring incision and drainage or even lower limb amputations.