title: [The differential diagnosis and the identification importance of the track of the heel of stabbing-cutting weapons in skin wounds].
abstract: Data on 123 cut-stab wounds and 52 knives were examined in the course of medicolegal expert evaluation. It was found that 30 knives possessed heels which could have two forms: symmetric and asymmetric. Heel traces were seen in 16 expert evaluations (34%) in 31 wounds (25.2%) and in some of them particular features of knife blade heel were represented. Differences between butt end and heel trace according to series of signs were noted.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Servatinskiĭ
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Ivanov
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Differentsial'naia diagnostika i identifikatsionnoe znachenie sleda piatki koliushche-rezhushchikh orudiĭ v ranakh kozhi.