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Blow Holes - A Surgical Artefact


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1 Dept. of Forensic Medicine, VMMC & SJ Hospital, New Delhi, India
2 Dept. of Microbiology, LHMC & Kalawati Hospital, New Delhi, India
     

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Post-mortem artefacts are commonly encountered in forensic practice. They are sometimes very confusing for forensic experts to interpret and wrong interpretation may mislead the course of justice. A case is presented where a patient developed severe subcutaneous emphysema after a road traffic accident and was treated with multiple subcutaneous bilateral "blowhole" incision on the chest and upper part of abdomen. Confusion arose on autopsy about injuries whether they were therapeutic or homicidal in origin.

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Subcutaneous Emphysema, SE, Blow Holes, Surgical Incised Wounds
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Authors

Lohith Kumar
Dept. of Forensic Medicine, VMMC & SJ Hospital, New Delhi, India
Manish Kumath
Dept. of Forensic Medicine, VMMC & SJ Hospital, New Delhi, India
J. Lavanya
Dept. of Microbiology, LHMC & Kalawati Hospital, New Delhi, India
Mohit Gupta
Dept. of Forensic Medicine, VMMC & SJ Hospital, New Delhi, India
Abhishek Yadav
Dept. of Forensic Medicine, VMMC & SJ Hospital, New Delhi, India
Kulbushan Prasad
Dept. of Forensic Medicine, VMMC & SJ Hospital, New Delhi, India

Abstract


Post-mortem artefacts are commonly encountered in forensic practice. They are sometimes very confusing for forensic experts to interpret and wrong interpretation may mislead the course of justice. A case is presented where a patient developed severe subcutaneous emphysema after a road traffic accident and was treated with multiple subcutaneous bilateral "blowhole" incision on the chest and upper part of abdomen. Confusion arose on autopsy about injuries whether they were therapeutic or homicidal in origin.

Keywords


Subcutaneous Emphysema, SE, Blow Holes, Surgical Incised Wounds