Sudebno-meditsinskaia ekspertiza
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The present paper is focused on the problems of clinical diagnostics of the functional disturbances in the locomotor apparatus as exemplified by the injuries to the ankle joint. The results of analysis of the entire range of up-to-date diagnostic tools for the purpose suggest the necessity of revision of obsolete methodological principles still adopted in forensic medicine as regards the problem being condidered. It is proposed based on the recent progress achieved by the specialists in traumatology, orthopedics, medicosocial expertise, and the related areas that a forensic medical expert should not confine oneself to the consideration of the sole criterion, such as "the range of articular movements", for the estimation of the severity of harm to health in the patients presenting with a joint injury.
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[The forensic medical assessment of injury prevention characteristics of limited-lethality weapons].
The results of analysis of the data presented in the special literature and normative legal documentation indicate that the forensic medical aspects of the injuries inflicted by gunshots of limited-lethality weapons either need to be clarified or remain virtually unexplored. There is the long overdue necessity to consolidate efforts of forensic medical experts and specialists from other agencies and institutions for the comprehensive solution of the problems related to the injury prevention characteristics of limited-lethality weapons and participation in the interdepartmental activities for the improvement of the legislation regulating weapon trafficking.
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The results of forensic medical analysis of non-fatal craniocerebral injuries (CCI) in the children and adolescents are presented. They provided a basis for the scientific substantiation and development of the algorithms for forensic medical expertise of the cases of CCI in children. ⋯ The analysis of forensic medical examinations for the determination of the harm to health in the case of non-fatal craniocerebral injuries in the children and adolescents included evaluation of the related organizational, strategic, and methodological errors. The approaches to their prevention and elimination are discussed.
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The data available from the forensic medical practice do not allow the comprehensive, objective, and reliable assessment of injuries to the human body and damages to the clothes inflicted by the shots from a 9 millimeter (.357) or higher-caliber pneumatic rifle equipped with the pre-charge pneumatic system. The use of bullets of specific structure and configuration for such weapons accounts for their marked influence on the morphological features and the extent of the resulting wounds. These peculiarities provide a basis for the objective differentiation between their injurious effects.