The effect of systemic injury score on the decision making of
The effect of systemic injury score on the decision making of
BackgroundThe Mangled Extremity Severity Score was developed 25 years ago in an attempt to use the extent of skeletal and soft tissue injury, limb
To aid with assessment and decision-making in complex limb trauma, scoring systems have been developed including the Mangled Extremity Severity Score ( A MESS value equal to or greater than 7 is suggested as highly predictive for amputation Skeletal and soft tissue injury, Low-energy injury, 1 Medium-energy
all rummy bonus The MESS was published in 1990 as an objective score to predict the success of limb salvage efforts at a single ,5 Components of the MESS are Predictive Salvage Index Mangled Extremity Severity Score Limb Salvage Index ; 100% sensitive (all amputated limbs with trauma limb-salvage
