[Analysis on the characters of injuries in body surface and deduction of injury-causing instruments in 146 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To study the deduction of injury-causing instruments and its value as judicial evidence.


METHODS
To collect 146 cases involved in injury-causing instruments deduction, which accepted by Judicial Appraisal Center of Wannan Medical College during the period from 1998 to 2007, then to deduce the instrument by analyzing the characters of injuries in body surface. The accuracy of those deductions was evaluated by comparing the deduced instruments with the actual instruments.


RESULTS
The deduction from sharp injuries was more accurate than that from blunt injuries.


CONCLUSIONS
Sometimes the result of deduction about injury-causing instruments are uncertain, it may be accepted as judicial evidence when supported by other evidences.
Chen
Wang-Gen
WG
Fujian Zongzheng Forensic Judicial Appraisal Institute, Fuzhou 363100, China.
Wang
Feng
F
D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000473:pathology*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology*