Positive identification facilitated by implanted metallic plate and screws.
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.
Kinoshita
Hiroshi
H
Department of Legal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1, Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan. kinochin@hyo-med.ac.jp
Motomura
Hiroyuki
H
Kasuda
Shogo
S
Nishiguchi
Minori
M
Matsui
Kiyoshi
K
Takahashi
Motonori
M
Ouchi
Harumi
H
Minami
Takako
T
Yamamura
Takehiko
T
Otsu
Nao
N
Yoshida
Shie
S
Adachi
Nobuyuki
N
Ohta
Takehiko
T
Hishida
Shigeru
S
D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged