Assessing The Forensic Reports Documented By Forensic Medicine Department Of Medicine Faculty Of Gaziantep University Between 1998 And 2005 Years

Abstract

In this study, 5318 cases whose reports were documented by Forensic Medicine Department of Medicine Faculty of Gaziantep between 1998 January and December 2005 examined retrospectively. The results were assessed and tried to determine whether were parallel with literature or not, and to examine in the view of new Turkish Panel Code (TPC). All cases were classified as an age, report date, sex, and types of forensic case. 4392 of cases were male and 926 of cases were female. The mean age of the cases was 28.5±15.7 years and most of them were between 21-30 years old. Traffic accidents constituted most of the cases (28.9%). 5086 of cases had came department before 2005 June, and 232 of cases had came after 2005 June. Analysis of the cases which examined before 2005 June in the view of the new TPC, revealed that 87 of cases which were (0-10 days) daily activity failure should be determined as untreatable by Simple Medical Treatment; and 8 cases which were under 11 ages should not be examined. 23 cases will be determined as a “distinct and permanent scar on the face”. After adaptation of the reports of cases which have the conclusion of “a situation which endangers a person's life” as to new TPC, it is found that there will be no differences between reports about that conclusion.