Pseudo-Stab Wounds: Putrefactive Dehiscence of Remote Surgical Incisions Masquerading as Stab Wounds

Abstract:  Artifacts due to decomposition can be mistaken for antemortem injury leading to an incorrect suspicion of foul play. We describe an instance of postmortem wound dehiscence that mimicked antemortem stab wounds. A man with a history of colon cancer and substance abuse was found dead. There were advanced putrefactive changes and multiple defects of the anterior torso that resembled stab wounds. Subsequent investigation revealed that 11 months earlier, he had a laparoscopic-assisted colon resection that involved surgical incisions corresponding in location and size to the above defects. Putrefactive gases may cause bloating of the body. This distension may cause recent and remote healed incisions to dehisce. Correlation of these "defects" at autopsy with the antemortem clinical history is crucial in determining their etiology.     

Microscopic Indicators of Axe and Hatchet Trauma in Fleshed and Defleshed Mammalian Long Bones*

Abstract: The characterization of wounds in bone caused by chopping weapons has been based on either semi‐fleshed or defleshed specimens. This approach has not been adequately justified as reflecting actual cases involving fleshed bone. Likewise, the histological appearance of features in chopping wounds also deserves further attention. We used 11 fresh pig (Sus scrofa) articulated hind limbs, including the femur, tibia, and fibula with contiguous surrounding flesh (including an intact epidermal layer), to receive wounds using two axes and two hatchets. Scanning electron microscopy analysis of these wounds exhibited osteon pullouts in the fracture surfaces of fleshed specimens, suggesting the attenuation of force by the surrounding flesh. Lamellar separation was also exhibited at the impact sites and fracture surfaces of both fleshed and defleshed specimens. A consistently rough morphology is characteristic of fracture surfaces while impact surfaces are smooth and yielded evidence of striations from each implement.     

关于变异型刺创形成机制的研究附380例刺创分析

本文通过380例刺杀案中823个创口的分类统计分析,结合动物实验,研究了单刃、双刃、三棱、四棱四种刺器造成变异型刺创的形成机制。并对刺创的检验方法进行了探讨。     

大鼠原发性脑干损伤后S100B和GFAP的表达变化

目的观察大鼠原发性脑干损伤后脑干组织中S100B、胶质纤维酸性蛋白(glial fibrillory acidic protein,GFAP)的表达变化,探讨其与脑干损伤时间的变化规律及在损伤中的作用机制。方法建立机械性打击脑干损伤动物模型,利用HE染色、Gless嗜银染色和SP免疫组织化学法观察脑干组织中S100B、GFAP在损伤后不同时间的表达,并应用图像分析技术对其进行统计学分析。结果 S100B阳性表达于伤后30 min开始增多,随时间延长逐渐升高,于24 h达到高峰后开始下降,并于72 h基本降至正常水平;GFAP阳性表达于伤后30 min开始升高,48 h达到高峰后开始下降,但仍高于对照组。结论原发性脑干损伤后S100B、GFAP的表达具有时间规律性,在原发性脑干损伤时间的推断及神经修复过程中具有一定的作用。     

Hesitation Wounds and Sharp Force Injuries in Forensic Pathology and Psychiatry: Multidisciplinary Review of the Literature and Study of Two Cases

The aim of this paper was to showcase the significant diagnostic value of hesitation wounds in terms of forensic, psychiatric, and medicolegal interest. A number of studies were reviewed to update and summarize the relevant literature on the incidence, distribution, character, and function of hesitation wounds as well as the sociodemographic variables and psychopathology of the inducers. This study also investigates their importance as a forensic criterion in the distinction between suicide and homicide as well as a psychiatric diagnostic tool in suicide prevention. In addition, the paper reports two new cases. Results conclude that there is equal incidence, but different distribution of hesitation wounds between genders. Furthermore, the low dispersion of hesitation wounds contrasts with the high dispersion of defense wounds. The inducers' psychopathology lies principally in Axis I disorders. Finally, there is a comprehensive analysis of non‐suicidal self‐injury and the role of self‐wounding in suicide prevention.     

有限元方法在交通损伤中的应用及其法医学前景

有限元方法(finite element method,FEM)是一种基于计算机技术的数值计算方法,目前已逐渐被应用于医学及生物力学领域。通过有限元分析,可以研究交通损伤中人体结构的受力过程分析和受伤机制,为交通损伤的法医学鉴定提供帮助。本文综述了近年来国内外在交通损伤中颅脑、颈椎、胸腹部、骨盆及四肢的有限元建模和分析进展。