%0 Journal Article
%T Criterios de amputaci¨®n de una extremidad lesionada
%A Monreal Gonz¨¢lez
%A Ricardo J.
%A D¨ªaz Ramos
%A Humberto
%A Le¨®n Santana
%A Pastor
%A Paredes Gonz¨¢lez
%A Luis F.
%J Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatolog£¿-a
%D 2007
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X the strength, weaknesses and clinical validation of the already published evaluation systems of a severely injured extremity were reviewed and discussed. the evaluation systems related to the decision making for the amputation or preservation of an injured extremity were exposed. the mangled extremity severity score (mess) is the most used for its easy calculation and security.
%K amputation
%K injured extremities
%K evaluation systems.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-215X2007000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en