title: Judgment and approach for management of severe lower extremity injuries.
abstract: Severe lower extremity injuries are devastating in their impact on the patient, his or her family, and the future. A critical evaluation of the results of previous salvage efforts provides the basis for the formulation of a treatment strategy. Success can be measured only in terms of functional outcome. The type of therapy is perhaps less important than the effectiveness of establishing a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to these injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rothkopf
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods