Differentiating Perimortem and Postmortem Fractures in Forensic Anthropology and Their Importance in Trauma Analyses

Year 2014, Issue: 27, 47 - 64, 30.06.2014

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https://doi.org/10.1501/antro_0000000226

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Forensic anthropologists assist medicolegal officials with determination and interpretation of perimortem and postmortem traumas on the bones of the deceased. Although the fractures caused by these traumas has typical characteristics, it becomes very difficult to abstract in some cases. In such cases, the morphology of fracture surface is analysed. Angle, shape, structure of the fracture and colour difference between fracture surface and cortical bone should be taken into consideration in analysing process. This paper discusses how perimortem and postmortem fractures are determined on bones, differences between them, variety of bone traumas exhibit typical characteristics of perimortem and postmortem fractures, and the methods are used in cases that perimortem and postmortem fractures are hard to be abstracted from each other

Keywords

Forensic Anthropology, Perimortem Fractures, Postmortem Fractures

Adli Antropolojide Perimortem ve Postmortem Kırıkların Ayırımı ve Travma Analizlerindeki Önemi

Abstract

Adli antropologlar, maktüllerin kemikleri üzerinde inceleme yaparak bireyin, ölüm anındaki yaşı, boyu, cinsiyeti ve ölmeden önce geçirdiği travmaları veya hastalıkları gibi antemortem bilgilerini ortaya çıkarırlar; ölüm anında (perimortem) veya sonrasında (postmortem) meydana gelen travmaları tespit ederek, muhtemel ölüm sebebi hakkında tıbbi ve hukuki yetkililere yardımcı olurlar. Adli antropologlar, ölüme sebebiyet verebilecek travmaları belirlerken belli başlı özelliklere dikkat ederler. Ancak, perimortem ve postmortem kırıkların kendine özgü özellikleri olmasına rağmen bazı durumlarda birbirilerinden ayırmak oldukça güçtür. Böyle durumlarda kırık yüzeylerinin morfolojileri incelenir. Kırığın açısı, şekli ve kortikal kemikle arasındaki renk ve yapı farkı, analiz yaparken göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır. Bu makalede perimortem ve postmortem kırıkların kemikler üzerinde nasıl tespit edilebileceği, çeşitli travma türlerinde gösterdikleri özellikler, birbirileri arasındaki farklar ve birbirinden ayrılması güç durumlarda hangi yöntemlere başvurulabileceği tartışılmıştır

Keywords

Adli Antropoloji, Perimortem Kırıklar, Postmortem Kırıklar, Travma Analizleri

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