Avulsion of the distal tibial shaft in aircraft crashes: A pathological feature of extreme decelerative injury

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-339

  Byard, Roger W ^a   Tsokos, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aviation accident; Fracture; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVULSION INJURY; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; DECELERATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTS; AIRCRAFT; AUTOPSY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DECELERATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33845333795     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000220928.77162.b6     Document Type: Article

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