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?: (A) MESS, (B) Guliton score, (C) Gustilo Anderson classification, (D) ASIA guidelines
Answer is A. 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)