Sub-occipital ligature knot in a case of long drop suicidal hanging with rare autopsy finding of cervical spine fracture

Sub-occipital ligature knot in a case of long drop suicidal hanging with rare autopsy finding of cervical spine fracture

Abstract Background Hangman’s fracture (Fracture of cervical vertebrae) in hanging is usually described into the context of judicial type of hanging where the individual is dropped from a calculated height with sub-mental or sub-aural position of ligature knot. Such a long drop with typical upper ce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pankaj Suresh Ghormade, Bedanta Sarma, Sandeep Gajbhiye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Subjects:
Hangman’s fracture
Long drop
Sub-occipital
Knot
Autopsy
Hanging
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41935-018-0062-x

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