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All figurines together represent 100 patients with an infected, non-healing diabetic foot wound like yours. The green figurines represent patients who had at least part of their foot remaining. The red figurines represent patients who ended up with an amputation within a year.

50 out of 100 people with a foot infection similar to yours will have an amputation of the foot within a year. Healing takes on average 9 months and patients have around 2.5 surgeries. You can expect around 40 days in a hospital. Your care team may be able to provide a more specific estimate based on your individual disease and characteristics.⁸

The presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (MRSA) in your wound or other health problems such as kidney or heart disease will increase the chances of the infection spreading. These infections could be life threatening.⁹