Saving limbs and lives: Building out an Ontario lower limb preservation strategy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56885/LEOP2871

Mike Setterfield MSc, Lynn Scholey RKin MSc

Abstract: There are over 1,200 non-traumatic major lower-limb amputations every year in Ontario, the majority resulting from complications of vascular disease, diabetes or both. This equates to one lower-limb amputation every seven hours, and results in approximately $140 million in direct amputation health-care costs annually. CorHealth Ontario is collaborating with a provincial Advisory Committee to develop a multi-year provincial Lower-Limb Preservation Strategy. The strategy aims to facilitate a coordinated, integrated and patient-centred approach to lower-limb preservation care in Ontario.

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How to cite: Setterfield M, Scholey L. Saving limbs and lives: Building out an Ontario lower limb preservation strategy. Limb Preservation Journal. 2022;3(1): 26-28. DOI: