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Case Reports
. 1995;114(4):229-32.
doi: 10.1007/BF00444269.

Relevance of mangled extremity severity score to compartment syndromes

M M Uslu  1 , N S Altun, E Cila, O S Atik
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Case Reports

Relevance of mangled extremity severity score to compartment syndromes

M M Uslu et al. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 1995.

Abstract

This study investigated the relevance of a mangled extremity severity score (MESS) to the evaluation of intracompartmental pressure in injured patients. We measured intracompartmental pressures with a modification of the Whitesides method and compared these values with MESS in 27 patients after trauma. For 5 of them fasciotomy was necessary to relieve high intracompartmental pressures. In our series MESS seemed to correlate with intracompartmental pressure values (r = 0.733, P < 0.05). We conclude that the MESS system provides objective criteria in determining the risk of a compartment syndrome.

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