TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Laryngohyoid and Cervical Vertebra Lesions After a Fall From a Low Height
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Charlier, Philippe
A1  - Coffy, Maud
A1  - Delyle, Stanislas Grassin
A1  - Huynh, Isabelle
A1  - Alvarez, Jean-Claude
A1  - Durigon, Michel
A1  - de la Grandmaison, Geoffroy Lorin
SP  - 287
EP  - 290
VL  - 32
IS  - 3
N2  - The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and nature of cervical trauma in the case of low-height falls (up to 2.50 m). A retrospective study was carried out on 114 autopsy cases that died after low-height falls. For each case, age, sex, manner and cause of death, estimated height of fall, ground type, type of primary impact, type of laryngeal and hyoid bone trauma, presence of associated local trauma in the neck and cephalic region, and toxicological data were reported.Fractures of the hyoid bone and/or of the laryngeal cartilages were present in 2.5% of the cases (n = 3). Cervical soft tissue bruising was found in 13% of the cases (n = 15). About 6% of the cases (n = 7) showed blunt cervical vertebral column trauma, including 3 cases with ruptured intervertebral disk. Interpretation and mechanisms of these lesions are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0b013e318221ba8d
ID  - ref1
ER  -