title: Positive identification facilitated by implanted metallic plate and screws.
abstract: Personal identification is an essential subject in forensic practice. With skeletonized remains, an anthropological examination is performed for personal identification. Here we describe the positive identification of skeletonized human remains from the serial numbers of implanted metallic plate and screws.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1, Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan. kinochin@hyo-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasuda
authors.forename: Minori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiguchi
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Motonori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ouchi
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otsu
authors.forename: Shie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hishida
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged