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   In strangulation deaths: Forensic significance of hyoid bone fracture  
   
نویسنده afridi h.k. ,yousaf m. ,mateen a. ,malik a.r. ,aziz k.
منبع pakistan journal of medical and health sciences - 2014 - دوره : 8 - شماره : 2 - صفحه:376 -378
چکیده    This retrospective descriptive study was carried out to observe forensic significance of hyoid bone fracture in strangulation deaths. the study was carried out at forensic medicine departments of kemu,lahore and k.m.c. peshawar. hyoid bone fracture was found at and above 40 years of age and predominantly in throttling (73% cases). hanging was most common method of suicide in females (85.71% cases). the level of constriction of neck was found above the level of thyroid cartilage predominantly in hanging whereas in most of cases of ligature strangulation (52.94%),it was observed at the level of thyroid cartilage.
کلیدواژه Hanging etc.; Hyoid bone; Strangulation; Throttling
آدرس department of forensic medicine, Pakistan, department of forensic medicine, Pakistan, forensic medicine, Pakistan, department of forensic medicine, Pakistan, forensic medicine, Pakistan
 
     
   
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