Citation

Schmitz M, Dallek M, Meenen N, Puschel K, Jungbluth KH. Unfallchirurgie 1989; 15(4): 174-179.

Vernacular Title

Die todliche Verletzung im Kindesalter. Analyse von 160 Sektionen.

Affiliation

Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Urban and Vogel)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2800047

Abstract

During the period from 1971 to 1987 160 deadly injured children were dissected at the Institute of forensic medicine in Hamburg-Eppendorf. 72.5% of the children died after a traffic accident. Injuries of the head as cause of death is the most detected reason. 62% of the children died because of a head injury, 13% in consequence of bleeding and 10.8% because of contusion of the medulla oblongata by injuries of the upper vertebral column. The majority of the children died by injuries of only one cavity (42%). It is conspicuous that the portion of infants (none to three years) is greater than we expected.

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