Reconstruction of devastating head injuries: a useful method in forensic pathology
Language English Country Germany Media print-electronic
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article
- MeSH
- Craniocerebral Trauma pathology MeSH
- Skull pathology MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Facial Bones pathology MeSH
- Head Injuries, Penetrating pathology MeSH
- Facial Injuries pathology MeSH
- Accidents, Occupational legislation & jurisprudence MeSH
- Suicide legislation & jurisprudence MeSH
- Suture Techniques MeSH
- Forensic Anthropology methods MeSH
- Wounds, Gunshot pathology MeSH
- Check Tag
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
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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