Rich Jeremy, Dean Dorothy E, Cheung Yvonne Y
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
J Foot Ankle Surg. 2003 Jul-Aug;42(4):221-5. doi: 10.1016/s1067-2516(03)70032-5.
To clinicians, forensic medicine and the foot and ankle complex may appear to have little connection. However, if decomposed, burned, fragmented, or skeletonized human remains are recovered, the foot and ankle can provide information leading to identification and incident analysis. Furthermore, analysis of data collected at accidents can lead to safety modifications. This article reviews common elements of forensic medicine applied to the foot and ankle in 2 areas: establishing positive identification by using radiographic comparisons and analyzing aviation incidents. An understanding of these cases will enhance clinicians' awareness of the potential forensic value of the foot and ankle.
对于临床医生而言，法医学与足踝复合体似乎没有什么联系。然而，如果发现了已腐烂、烧焦、破碎或已成骨架的人类遗骸，足踝可以提供有助于身份识别和事件分析的信息。此外，对事故中收集的数据进行分析可以促成安全改进。本文回顾了法医学应用于足踝的两个领域中的常见要素：通过影像学对比进行确定性身份识别以及分析航空事故。了解这些案例将提高临床医生对足踝潜在法医价值的认识。
