Citation

Bhowate S, Sheikh N, Asawa S. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2016; 10(2): 17-22.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2016.00054.2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The objective of this study was to find out pattern of cranio-cerebral injuries in medico-legal cases of fatal head trauma with regards to age, sex, survival period, causes and complications leading to death of the victim. Materials were collected from 48 medico-legal cases of fatal head injury which were brought for autopsy at the mortuary of PCMS & RC, Bhopal from 01 Jan 2011 to 31stinvolved age group was 21-40 with male outnumbering the female in a ratio of 4.9 to 1. Vehicular accident was the leading cause for fatalities in 91.66% cases. 18.75% died on the spot while 45.83% of the remaining survived for 0-12 hrs. Fractures of the skull had occurred in around 81.25% of the cases. Among whole of skull cap temporal bone was most prone to fracture (22.91%) while linear/fissured fracture was the commonest type (35.41%). SDH was noted in 31.25% of cases. 18.75% deaths had occurred on the spot while 45.83% of the remaining had survived for 0-12 hrs. Traumatic cranio-cerebral injury was the primary cause of death in slightly more than the half of the victims (52.08%) indicating that timely intervention could have saved the lives of unfortunate hapless victims. © 2016, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; age; gender; homicide; suicide; child; female; infant; male; India; aged; autopsy; head injury; cause of death; traffic accident; clinical article; medicolegal aspect; middle aged; fatality; brain hemorrhage; skull fracture; Article; pedestrian; young adult; Cranio- cerebral injuries; Traumatic cranio-cerebral injury; Vehicular accident