J Trauma
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Factors thought to influence the decision for limb salvage include injury severity, physiologic reserve of the patient, and characteristics of the patient and their support system. ⋯ Soft tissue injury severity has the greatest impact on decision making regarding limb salvage versus amputation.
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In a statistical outcome analysis covering 10 years, 554 patients with isolated head trauma were analyzed. The aim of this study was to combine clinical and computed tomographic characteristics in a prognostic scoring system determining outcome after head injury. ⋯ The presented scaling system allows a predictive value in mortality and morbidity to be determined for each patient suffering from brain trauma.