Citation

Enache A, Chatzinikolaou F, Mercescu A. Leg. Med. (Elsevier) 2009; 11(1): S379-S381.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Institutul de Medicina Legala, Str. Martir Marius Ciopec nr. 3, 300737 Timisoara, Romania.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Japanese Society of Legal Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.019

PMID

19251456

Abstract

AIM: The study concentrated on the analysis of patients with ocular lesions which were determined by different situations and were examined by the forensic expert. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The cases were examined during 2003-2007, including the appreciation of the gravity of violent lesions. RESULTS: The results revealed that the most exposed are men with a ratio of 6:1, with an annual average of 10 cases. The main causes were aggression (84% of the cases), traffic accidents (12%), and other (4%). Most cases presented light lesions, 76%, severe lesions in 20% and very severe lesions, including total loss of sight in 4% of the cases. In the cases with severe lesions, the investigations were more thorough, the treatment highly specialized and the legal consequences were harsher. These cases required a follow-up of 6-9-12 months so that the forensic expert could evaluate the damage correctly. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the fact that the majority of ocular traumas are less severe, in the ocular contusive lesions the evolution can be towards aggravation. Some cases which require a closer observation of the cases and the appreciation of the judicial consequences of the visual organ presenting severe ocular trauma.

Language: en