Background: Establishing the identification of a deceased at autopsy is one of the prime objective of medicolegal postmortem examination. The identification starts with determination of age and sex of the individual. The problem arise when completely decomposed dead body or just skeletal remains are brought for postmortem examination. Methods: The study was conducted on 90 dead bodies of equal proportion from both the genders in the year 2016 for a period of nine months. The cases were selected for study after careful scrutiny through a pre-trialed questionnaire with certain selection criteria. After proper exposure of the inner and outer surface of the cranial vault the degree of coronal suture closure was assessed in three segments as C1, C2 and C3 as observed through Acsádi‐Nemeskéri Scale. Results: A grossly significant observation of possibility of determination sex both from ectocranial and endocranial suture closure of the coronal suture with 0.001 p value was noted, therefore establish the fact that determination of sex from closure coronal suture is established. Keywords: Sex, Coronal, Suture, Closure
Background: Performing identity is a prime task in medicolegal and postmortem examinations. Age is the first parameter that has to be determined followed by sex. There are several techniques through which sex can be determined. As well there are different anatomical, physiological and pathological parameters determination of sex. Aim: To determine the sexual dimorphism in the cranial sagittal suture closure macroscopically. Methods: All the cases for this purpose had been selected from those brought for autopsy in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, King Edward Medical University Lahore during the year 2016. Results: The statistical analysis revealed early closure in males than in females both ectocranially and endocranially with advancing age in the sagittal suture of cranial vault. The p value was found significant being less than 0.05 thereby establishing the fact that sexual dimorphism in the cranial sagittal suture exists. Conclusion: Conclusively the determination of sex is possible from the pattern of Cranial Sutures closure on autopsy table. Key words: Sex, Sagittal, Suture, Cranial
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