1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru-74
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine& Toxicology, Vinayaka Mission's Medical College & Hospital, Karaikal - 609 609
3Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru-74
*Corresponding Author Dr. Asangi Indira Laxman, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru-74, E-mail: seema220876@gmail.com
Online published on 6 March, 2021.
Road traffic accidents shares major burden of magnitude of mortality in both developing and developed countries. The humans became the victim of damages of his own invention by means of road traffic accidents. Most of the time, pattern of skeletal injuries to the surrounding soft tissues and/ or vital organs, like the skull fracture causing injury to the brain, fracture of ribs piercing the heart or lung, fracture of long bones leading to hemorrhage due to rupture of large vessels with other injuries would help in the reconstruction of road traffic accident by two-wheeler.The current study is under taken to analyze the pattern of rib cage fractures due to two wheeler accidents with respect to site, situation, number, size, severity and extent which helps in reconstruction of manner and also cause of death. This study is an attempt to help the law enforcement authorities and policy makers regarding road safety measures and need for trauma care system even at the remote places.
Ribcage fracture, Rib fractures, Chest bone fracture