Study of Postmortem Findings of Neck Structures in Cases of Asphyxial Deaths
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: Asphyxial deaths are common in forensic practice. The term “asphyxia” commonly means “lack of oxygen” and literally means “defective aeration of blood” due to any cause. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Department of Forensic Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The present study was conducted between September 2010 and March 2012. Cases of asphyxial deaths coming for medicolegal postmortem were examination. Results: Out of these 73 cases of asphyxial deaths, 58 cases of asphyxial deaths due to constriction of the neck were considered and studied to see various changes in the neck structures in deaths due to asphyxia. This study includes 89.65% of cases of hanging, 8.62% of cases of manual strangulation, and 1.72% of cases of ligature strangulation of either sex between 0 and 79 years of age group. Conclusion: The incidence of asphyxial deaths due to constriction of the neck is more in males as compared to females and in most of these cases; the mode of death is hanging. The maximum numbers of cases are seen in young adults (20-29 years). In most of the cases, the soft cloth was used as ligature material. The knot of the ligature material was mostly either on right side or left side in comparison to front and back of the neck. The typical position of the knot is found in a few cases. In a maximum number of cases, the hanging is complete.
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Suresh Chand, Rishi Solanki, Anil Aggrawal, P C Dikshit, Rajesh Ranjan
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