Ketepatan MESS pada

The Mangled Extremity Severity Score estimates viability of an extremity after trauma to determine need for salvage versus empiric amputation

A score of more than 7 is the cutoff for amputation The score was developed retrospectively & then validated prospectively, but later investigators have not

simulated score limb ischemia in mess score in predicting amputation or limb salvage in severe lower limb injury (p=0

google live score Within the initial publication of the score, a MESS > 7 was defined as a predictor for the need of primary amputation Data from civilian