PMID: 15335652Jun 1, 1995Paper

The role of an operating microscope in medico-legal practice

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine
T Kondo, T Ohshima

Abstract

This article describes our experience in the use of a binocular surgical microscope at autopsy for the in situ forensic examination of various types of mechanical skin wounds. The microscopic image was visualised on a closed-circuit television monitor, and colour photographs and video recordings were simultaneously obtained from the monitor. With abrasions, small epidermal tags, which play a key role in the determination of external force direction, were clearly observed. With lacerations, crushing of the epidermis was observed at the wound margin, and continuous bridges of connective tissue and/or blood vessels were also found within the wound cavity. With incised wounds, the epidermis was intact up to the wound margin, and there was no continuous bridge within the wound cavity. Using these differences, it was, therefore, simple to distinguish lacerations from incised wounds. Ligature marks due to hanging were clearly observed, with petechial haemorrhages and minute abrasions readily seen in the lesion. For stab wounds caused by a single-edge knife, the morphological difference between the two ends of the wound caused by the sharp blade and the blunt side could be distinguished. It was also possible to confirm the identificati...Continue Reading

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Sep 9, 2000·Forensic Science International : Synergy·T Ohshima
Feb 22, 2001·Forensic Science International : Synergy·M BohnertS Pollak
Sep 26, 2014·Forensic Science International : Synergy·R PircherA Thierauf-Emberger
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