Accidental and occupational ligature strangulation in northern Tunisia: four-case study
| Autor: | Moncef Hamdoun, Ons Hmandi, Meriem Gharbaoui, M. Bellali, Mehdi Ben Khelil, Yomn Naceur, Mohamed Allouche |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) medicine.medical_treatment Poison control Autopsy Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Injury prevention medicine lcsh:Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence 030216 legal & forensic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Ligature Asphyxia Accidental lcsh:R5-920 business.industry Occupational Surgery Vertebra Ligature strangulation medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:K1-7720 medicine.symptom business lcsh:Medicine (General) Law |
| Zdroj: | Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2090-5939 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s41935-018-0081-7 |
| Popis: | Background Death by strangulation is a violent and frequent method of homicides. Strangulation is rarely accidental due to ligature which is caused by a wide variety of objects such as cords, ropes or clothing articles (scarves). It concerns mostly accidents at work, rarely road traffic accidents and domestic ones. We report four cases of occupational and accidental strangulation causing death. Case presentation In our cases, the ligature link was a scarf or a towel. The link was caught on the belt of a tractor in two cases: on a drill pipe and on a combine harvester. Death occurred on site in three cases. The external examination has marked an asphyxia syndrome associated with a large strangulation mark. Furthermore, the autopsy findings have revealed large ecchymotic infiltrations of the neck muscles, a rupture of the trachea, and the oesophagus with a disjunction of cervical vertebra with a contusion of the spinal cord. Conclusions The ruptures of the trachea, oesophagus and cervical vertebra are not classic strangulation lesions but are explained by the brutality and violence of the traction exerted on the neck. We highlight the importance of preventive measures in this accidental type of deaths. |
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