Shivaramu MG
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A Retrospective Postmortem Study of Hyoid Bone Fractures in Mechanical Asphyxial Death Shivaramu MG; Vijay Kumar AG
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i3.15964

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In the present study, 11 cases were belongs to 21 to 30 year age group followed by 9 cases belongs to 31-40 year age group. Among patients studied, 54% were males and 46 % were females, in 80% of the cases manner of death was hanging and in 4% of cases was strangulation and 6% of cases was throttling, out of 20 cases of hanging hyoid bone fracture (Anteroposterior compression fracture) was seen in 2 cases and out of 2 cases of strangulation hyoid bone fracture was not found and out of 3 cases of throttling, hyoid bone fracture (Inward compression fracture) was found in all cases.