The mangled extremity syndrome (M.E.S.): A severity grading system for multisystem injury of the extremity

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1985, Pages 1147-1150

  Gregory, Roger T ^a   Gould, Randolph J ^a   Peclet, Marie ^a   Wagner, John S ^a   Gilbert, David A ^a   Wheeler, Jock R ^a   Snyder, Stanley O ^a   Gayle, Robert G ^a   Schwab, C William ^a,b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB INJURY; LIMB SALVAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0022371299     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198512000-00005     Document Type: Article

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