[The peculiar morphological features of the surface relief of the major local ruptures of the liver in the case of a blunt injury].

The objective of the present study was the comprehensive investigation of morphogenesis of the surface relief of the major local ruptures of the liver in the case of a blunt injury and the obtaining of an additional information on the possibility to use these data for the purposes of forensic medical expertise. We explored the reliefs of the major local ruptures of the liver in the cases of a single fatal blunt injury inflicted in a traffic accident, by kicking or a powerful stroke with the fist. In addition, the threshold hepatic lesions depending on their severity were determined experimentally.

[The characteristic features of vertebral lesions in the victims of a road traffic accident with intrusion into the passenger car compartment].

The objective of the present study was to develop the diagnostic criteria for determining the positions of the participants of a road traffic accident inside the passenger car compartment based on the analysis of the characteristic features of vertebral lesions in the victims. The archival documents of forensic medical expertises were used to analyze the specific characteristics of fractured cervical vertebra in the victims of the accident inside the passenger car compartments including the drivers (n=92), the occupants of the forward (n=43) and rear (n=37) seats of the car. Localization and mechanisms behind the formation of vertebral lesions in the cervical part of the spinal column associated with the intra-compartment injury is of primary importance for the diagnostic purposes.