1Assistant Professor,
2Assistant Professor,
*Corresponding author: Dr. Sidramappa Gouda Assistant Professor,
In asphyxial deaths specific external and internal findings over the neck along with circumstantial evidence help in concluding death due to asphyxia. In asphyxial deaths specific external and internal findings over the neck along with circumstantial evidence help in concluding death due to asphyxia.
A Study to analyze the impact of hyoid laryngeal matrices on the opinion of manner of death in asphyxia cases.
A cross sectional observational study was undertaken in Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital. All unnatural deaths brought to the study area for autopsy during the period from December 2012 to May 2014 and those fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected as study subjects.
The present study comprises a total of 40cases, aged above 20 years. Among them 20 (50%) were male and 20 (50%) were female. The mean distance between the tips of the superior horns of thyroid cartilage in violent asphyxial deaths was 44.22 mm and 42.90 mm in other deaths, distance between the roots of the superior horns in violent asphyxial deaths was 45.10 mm and 42.17 mm in other deaths. The mean distance between the distal parts of greater horns in violent asphyxial deaths was 42.24 mm and 43.76 mm in other deaths.
Death, Asphyxia, Thyroid, Hyoid
