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Vitality, Injury Age, Determination of Skin Wound Age, and Fracture Age

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Using histopathological techniques, it is possible to demonstrate that a tissue finding was caused antemortem. This issue has been investigated particularly intensively in the detection of vital skin wounds and in the histopathological determination of skin wound age. According to enzyme histochemical investigations, which are poorly established in routine testing, immunohistochemical markers have been used in recent years, meaning that a spectrum of primary antibodies permit more precise statements in immunohistochemical wound age determination in some cases. However, critical voices highlight methodological problems such as the number of samples per skin wound, the undetermined effects caused by air and circulatory status, as well as environmental conditions (airflow, temperature, etc.). However, tabular statements are now available not only for histopathological wound age determination but also for the determination of fracture age. In the case of inflammatory processes, such as fibrinous pericarditis, pleuritis, or peritonitis, the question of the age of inflammation may also require histopathological investigation in individual cases.

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Dettmeyer, R.B. (2018). Vitality, Injury Age, Determination of Skin Wound Age, and Fracture Age. In: Forensic Histopathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77997-3_10

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