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Mangled extremity--case report, literature review and borderline cases guidelines proposal.

Bore Bakota¹, Mario Kopljar, Zoran Jurjević

¹Karlovac General Hospital, Department of Traumatology, Karlovac, Croatia. borebakota@yahoo.com

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Mangled lower extremity treatment requires a comprehensive approach. Evaluating patient health, injury severity, and available resources aids reconstructive surgery decisions, not just scores.

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Orthopedic Surgery
Trauma Surgery

Background:

Mangled lower extremity treatment presents significant challenges.
Current decision-making for amputation versus reconstruction relies heavily on surgical evaluation.
A need exists for a more nuanced approach integrating various clinical factors.

Observation:

A novel evaluation framework is proposed, incorporating scoring systems, local clinical status, comorbidities, trauma mechanism, and hospital resources.
A case study of a 44-year-old male with a mangled lower left leg is presented.
Despite a borderline Mangled Extremity Severity Score (MESS), reconstruction was chosen based on preserved plantar sensitivity and capillary perfusion.

Findings:

The proposed approach aids clinical decision-making for borderline cases.
Reconstruction in the presented case led to complete wound healing, pain resolution, and satisfactory motor/sensory function after six months.
Evidence-based medicine and individual patient assessment are crucial.

Implications:

This framework can improve outcomes for mangled extremity injuries.
It emphasizes a holistic patient evaluation beyond single scoring systems.
It supports limb salvage in select borderline cases, optimizing functional recovery.