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01.07.2011 | Short Communication

Reconstruction of devastating head injuries: a useful method in forensic pathology

verfasst von: Petr Hejna, Miroslav Šafr, Lenka Zátopková

Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Ausgabe 4/2011

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Abstract

Crushing head injuries usually do not allow direct visual identification of individuals, and above all, it constitutes an obstacle to comprehensive evaluation of discrete traumatic changes of the skin and soft tissues. We present our experience with the plastic adaptation of devastating head injuries in the two exemplary cases. The principal of the reconstruction is manual repositioning of bone fragments of the cranial and facial parts of the skull and careful approximation of the wound edges and their gradual suture using suture material. The reconstruction method can be recommended as an auxiliary technique in the identification of unknown victims with crushing head injuries and in the evaluation of devastating gunshot wound of the head.

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Titel: Reconstruction of devastating head injuries: a useful method in forensic pathology
verfasst von: Petr Hejna
Miroslav Šafr
Lenka Zátopková
Publikationsdatum: 01.07.2011
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine / Ausgabe 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Elektronische ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-011-0553-x

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Reconstruction of devastating head injuries: a useful method in forensic pathology

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Molekularpathologische Untersuchungen im Wandel der Zeit

Vergleichende Pathologie in der onkologischen Forschung

Gastrointestinale Stromatumoren

Personalisierte Medizin in der Onkologie

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