What is 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? and explain in detail?
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)