A mortal accident caused by a broken toilet seat cover
Journal Title: Medical Science and Discovery - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
According to hospital records, a 36 years old, 1.75 m in length, average weight man was brought to Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital by 112 ambulance at 01/07/2011, 21:20 PM with an injury caused by fracture of toilet seat cover when he was sitting. In the examination, a 20 cm length oblique section with active bleeding was seen at the right gluteal region and superior gluteal artery and vein injury was detected. Department of orthopedics controlled bleeding, patient admitted to intensive care unit but he was accepted as dead at 06:35 AM.
Authors and Affiliations
Yildiray Zeyfeoglu, M. Sunay Yavuz, Tarik Ulucay, M. Ziya Kir, Faruk Aydin, Ilknur Kahraman, Gonca Tatar, Zafer Karadeniz, Mustafa Dalgic
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