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Section-1 Medicolegal Autopsy Procedure

BOOK TITLE: Jaypee’s Video Atlas of Medicolegal Autopsy

Author
1. Mathew Thomas
2. C Sujith Sreenivas
3. K Prasannan
ISBN
9789352702367
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14193_2
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
44
Author Affiliations
1. St John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, St John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, St John’s Medical College, Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2. Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
3. Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Chapter keywords
Medicolegal autopsy, medicolegal autopsy procedure, medicolegal autopsy technique, Virchow’s technique, Rokitansky technique, Ghon’s technique, Letulle technique

Abstract

This section is an introduction to medicolegal autopsy procedures and techniques. It discusses the objectives, prerequisites, procedures and formalities of medicolegal autopsy will help conduct clinicopathological correlations. There are separate chapters on dissection of Viscera, heart, and brain. It offers a brief text on the layer dissection of the neck in a bloodless field. The author also presents guidelines and checklist for conducting medicolegal autopsy. Fetal Autopsy is another topic featured in this section. Various Autopsy techniques listed are Virchow’s techniques, Rokitansky technique, Ghon’s technique, and Letulle technique.

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