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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 78:437-8 (1996)
© 1996 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Reimplantation and Lengthening with Use of the Ilizarov Apparatus after a Traumatic Amputation of the Leg. A Case Report*

ARSHAK E. MIRZOYAN, M.D., PH.D.{dagger}, YEREVAN, ARMENIA

Investigation performed at the Department of Restorative Orthopaedics, Mikaelian Surgical Center, Yerevan


   Introduction
 
The mangled extremity severity score was developed as a guide for decision-making in the treatment of a severely traumatized lower extremity3. A score of 7 points or more has been retrospectively associated with an outcome of amputation3,4. Recent applications of techniques such as the Ilizarov method of limb-lengthening and microsurgery may alter the current use of the mangled extremity severity score for predicting the indications for amputation. I present the case of a patient who had traumatic amputation of a leg, with a mangled extremity severity score of 10 points. The limb was salvaged with a combination of microsurgical and Ilizarov techniques.


   Case Report
 
A thirty-five-year-old man was brought to the Mikaelian Surgical Center in Yerevan, Armenia, on February 5, 1988, four hours after being injured in a motor-vehicle accident that had occurred sixty kilometers away. He had sustained a traumatic amputation with severe crushing of the soft tissues at . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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