A Study on Homicidal Head Injury Cases with Findings in Medicolegal Autopsy At Darbhanga Medical College & Hospital, Bihar

Abstract

Introduction: Traumatic head injury (THI) is one of the prevalent causes of global death and disability. lately, head injury (HI) cases have increased in both developed and developing nations. Therefore, it is of great value to evaluate various aspects associated with head injury. Methodology: This study includes all cases of deaths pertaining to head injury, presented to the mortuary of the Darbhanga Medical College & Hospital, Darbhanga, Bihar for autopsy, over the period of one year that was from July 2018 to June 2019. Ethical approval for this study was taken with due procedure from the college ethical committee. Results: The present work reported a total of 48 cases with cause of death pertaining to head injury that reported to the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology during the study period. The present work showed that the majority (43.7%) of cases was in the age group 25-49 years followed by age group of ≥ 50 years. Blunt head trauma was the most frequent type of trauma followed by multiple trauma. The least frequent was penetrating type of trauma. Conclusions: The exponentially increasing vehicle numbers, bad to traffic laws such as not keeping lane discipline driving in zigzag patterns by the public, badly maintained and congested highways, alcohol abuse and absence of knowledge of helmets and the new generation of high-speed cars are all liable for crashes.