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Kang and Yang: Surgical Timing of Treating Adult Trauma: Emergency/Urgency

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Fig. 1.
Acute compartment syndrome in lower extremity with open fracture. We can observe the venous congestion around the foot.
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Fig. 2.
An example of an open fracture because of fall. The patient needs early debridement and fixation. A case of open femur fracture due to fall from the roof.
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Fig. 3.
Regional x-rays of a polytrauma patient. We can observe severe comminuted fracture of femur diaphysis and elbow. The acetabular fracture and flail chest can also be seen.
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Table 1.
The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and an Example of Scoring Each Element according to Injury
AIS example Score
Head
 Head or brain crushing injury 6
 Extradural hemorrhage 4
Facial  
 External carotid artery rupture 3
 LeFort III fracture 3
Cervical  
 Thyroid contusion 1
 Laryngeal crushing injury 5
Thoracic
 Bilateral lung contusion 4
 Rib fractures more than 2–3 2
Abdominal and pelvic organ  
 Bladder rupture 4
 Spleen rupture 4
 Liver laceration >20% bleeding 3
Spine
 Complete paralysis below C4 5
 Vertebral body compression ratio >20% 3
Upper extremity  
 Open forearm fracture 3
 Shoulder dislocation 2
Lower extremity  
 Open pelvic ring injury 3
 Amputation at thigh 4
 Femur fracture 3
External
Hypothermia <31°C 3
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