[Analysis of 90 autopsy cases in medical legal dispute].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the significance of forensic autopsy in medical tangle.


METHODS
Ninety autopsy cases of medical legal dispute were retrospectively analyzed from the database of our department from 2001 to 2008. All cases were analyzed and classified based on age, sex, cause of death, clinic diagnosis and forensic diagnosis.


RESULTS
The age ranged from 1 day to 72 years, and the ratios of male to female is 1:1. The most common healthcare facilities involved were county hospitals (30 cases, 33.33%). The coincidence rate between clinical diagnoses and pathological diagnoses was 33.33%.


CONCLUSIONS
The forensic autopsy is valuable to solve or even avoid the occurrence of medical legal dispute.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325035, China. yls@wzmc.net
Lin-Sheng
LS
Yu
Guang-Hua
GH
Ye
Ji-Pu
JP
Yi
Yi-Gu
YG
Zhang
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult