Authors:	Germerott, Tanja Mann, N. Axmann, S.
Title:	Penetrating eye injury by dart
Online publication date:	30-Apr-2021
Year of first publication:	2021
Language:	english
Abstract:	Darts are constantly gaining in popularity. However, their risk of injury is often underestimated. This report is about a juvenile who suffered from a severe eye injury including the opening of the eye bulb. The attending ophthalmologists ruled out the possibility that this kind of injury could be caused by a dart with a plastic point. However, by reconstructing the course of action and throwing darts at porcine eyes, the forensic medical advisory opinion was able to state that darts with damaged plastic points may cause the exact same form of injury. This casuistic illustrates the essential significance of forensic-traumatological knowledge and, especially in the case of rare injury patterns, case-related practical experiments.
DDC:	610 Medizin 610 Medical sciences
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 04 Medizin
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5824
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License:	CC BY
Information on rights of use:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal:	International journal of legal medicine 135
Pages or article number:	573 576
Publisher:	Springer
Publisher place:	Berlin u.a.
Issue date:	2021
ISSN:	1437-1596
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02477-9
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/s00414-020-02477-9
Appears in collections:	JGU-Publikationen