Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 3

Component Analysis of Pubic Symphysis Morphology: is it Still a Gold Standard Tool of Age Assesment?

  • Author:
  • A. Selvamurugan1, M.R. Gokula Pandia Sankar2,, K. Tamilmani3, M. Manivasagam4
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 53 to 56

1Associate Professor in Forensic Medicine, Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu

2Assistant Professor in Forensic Medicine, Government Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamilnadu

3Senior Assistant Professor, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu

4Assistant Professor, Government Medical College, Omandurar Govt. Estate, Chennai, Tamilnadu

*Corresponding Author: M.R. Gokula Pandia Sankar, Assistant Professor in Forensic Medicine, Government Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamilnadu, E-mail: Muraliayya17@Gmail.com

Online published on 17 July, 2019.

Abstract

Symphysis Pubis has dorsal side, ventral side and surface from anthropological view point. Study was concentrated on dorsal demi surface/margin, ventral demiface and symphyseal surface combined. Conducted in 100 dead bodies with known age, age related changes were identified, matched with that of the accepted component analysis in anthropology, the Mc Kern Stewart classification.

Keywords

Pubic symphysis, dorsal margin, plateau, lipping