@article{ref1,
title="Lesions of the cervical spine caused by suicidal hanging (author's transl)",
journal="Zeitschrift fur Rechtsmedizin",
year="1978",
author="Saternus, K. S.",
volume="81",
number="4",
pages="299-308",
abstract="In 107 cases of suicidal hanging the CVC was investigated systematically. A frequency of lesions at a rate of 65% was found. There were only soft-tissue-lesions with the maximum in C 5/6. The 2nd maximum was the occipito-atlanto-axis-region (C 0/2). This distribution depends on traction. Particularly in the dorsal part the loss of lordosis results from traction. The lesion of C 0/2 is caused by tension due to the weight of the head or by hyperextension due to submental position of the node. 20% of cases showed additional lesions in various locations, which are thought to be results of terminal convulsions.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0044-3433",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}