Ruder, Thomas D.; Ketterer, Thomas; Preiss, Ulrich; Bolliger, Michael; Ross, Steffen; Gotsmy, Walther F; Ampanozi, Garyfalia; Germerott, Tanja; Thali, Michael J; Hatch, Gary M (2011). Suicidal knife wound to the heart: challenges in reconstructing wound channels with post mortem CT and CT-angiography. Legal medicine, 13(2), pp. 91-4. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.11.005
Full text not available from this repository.We present a case of an individual who stabbed himself through the heart with a large knife. Post mortem computed tomography (CT) and CT-angiography were used to assess the stab channel and to reconstruct the sequence of events. After penetrating injuries to the chest, both the intra-thoracic organs and the injury causing instrument may shift (e.g. from pnemothorax) and render forensic reconstructions more challenging. This case report illustrates the potentials and the pitfalls of CT for the reconstruction of penetrating injures to the chest.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Forensic Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Forensic Imaging 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ruder, Thomas, Ketterer, Thomas, Preiss, Ulrich, Bolliger, Michael, Ross, Steffen, Gotsmy, Walther, Ampanozi, Garyfalia, Germerott, Tanja, Thali, Michael, Hatch, Gary |
ISSN: |
1344-6223 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:10 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:01 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.11.005 |
PubMed ID: |
21185765 |
Web of Science ID: |
000287789700007 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/1557 (FactScience: 203332) |
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