Critical evaluation of mangled extremity severity scoring system in Indian patients

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 493-496

  Sharma, Sansar ^a,b   Devgan, Ashish ^a   Marya, K M ^a   Rathee, Nitesh ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Medical Campus ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MANGLED EXTREMITY SEVERITY SCORE; NERVE INJURY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; CRUSH SYNDROME; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE;

EID: 0037707902     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00214-0     Document Type: Article

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