Revercomb C H, Stewart C E, Bux R C
Bexar County Forensic Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1997 Sep;18(3):293-4. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199709000-00013.
Artifacts from medical intervention are frequently present in medicolegal autopsies and must be distinguished from injuries of forensic interest, particularly in deaths from trauma. In this case, burns resulting from incomplete skin contact of an electrosurgical ground pad during surgery for multiple gunshot wounds were initially confused with abrasions caused by impact of bullet fragments. Inspection of the decedent's clothing and of the medical records revealed the true etiology of this injury.
医疗干预造成的假象在法医学尸检中经常出现，必须与法医学上关注的损伤区分开来，尤其是在创伤死亡案例中。在该案例中，一名因多处枪伤接受手术的患者，术中电外科接地垫与皮肤接触不完全导致烧伤，最初被误诊为子弹碎片撞击造成的擦伤。对死者衣物和病历的检查揭示了该损伤的真正病因。
