Medico-Legal Update

  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

Study of pattern of skull fractures in fatal accidents in northeast Delhi

  • Author:
  • Abhishek Yadav1, Anil Kohli2, N.K. Aggarwal3
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 31 to 34

1Deptt. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi, 110 001.

2Deptt. of Forensic Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi, 110 095.

3University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi, 110 095.

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Abstract

Head injuries are the most serious injuries in the term of morbidity and mortality. We wish to give our contribution to the already ongoing research studies on head trauma and its components. Hence this study of studying the pattern of skull fractures in fatal head injury cases in Northeast district of Delhi, their age and sex distribution, site distribution of different type of fractures and also the manner of death.

Keywords

Skull fractures, linear fractures, basal fractures, depressed fractures, manner of death