Prediction of amputation after severe lower limb trauma
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Prediction of amputation after severe lower limb trauma.
The Mangled Extremity Severity Score was applied to 152 patients with severely injured lower limbs. All cases with a score of seven or more required amputation; some with scores of less than seven eventually came to amputation. These observations are discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.73b5.1894673