A patient comes with crush injury to upper limb, the doctor is concerned about gangrene and sepsis what can help decide between amputation and limb salvage?
MESS (Mangled Extremity severity score):Estimates bility of an extremity after trauma, to determine the need for salvage vs empiric amputation(Refer: Maheshwari's Essentials of Ohopedics, 5th edition, pg no. 392)
MESS
Guliton score
Gustilo Anderson classification
ASIA guidelines
All India exam