Citation

Tumram NK, Ambade VN, Bardale RV, Dixit PG. J. Forensic Leg. Med. 2014; 22: 80-83.

Affiliation

Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur 440 003, Maharashtra, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jflm.2013.12.021

PMID

24485428

Abstract

Hanging is a common suicidal means adopted. Careful inspection and noting of ligature mark is a vital factor during medico-legal postmortem. Ligature material used by the deceased is an important factor causing ligature mark in hanging. Apart from the ligature mark there are other injuries over neck surrounding it, which are called as 'peri-ligature injuries'. Peri-ligature injuries such as blisters, bruise, abrasion, etc. are influenced by different types of ligature material involved. These peri-ligature injuries are important for commenting on the antemortem nature of hanging in addition to other factors. Thus the present study on hanging deaths was carried out to see the relation of ligature material and different injuries occurring over the neck.

Language: en