Feld, Katharina ORCID: 0000-0003-2699-2741, Bonni, Marcel, Koerber, Friederike, Eifinger, Frank and Banaschak, Sibylle (2020). Post-mortem estimation of gestational age and maturation of new-borns by CT examination of clavicle length, femoral length and femoral bone nuclei. Forensic Sci.Int., 314. CLARE: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. ISSN 1872-6283

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Abstract

Various parameters can be used for the estimation of gestational age and maturity with arising challenges in the assessment of decomposed bodies. In order to assess gestational age and thus maturity, the study measured the femoral length, the diameter of the distal femoral epiphysis and the presence of the proximal tibial epiphysis compared to a known clavicle length. The resulting gestational ages were compared and statistically evaluated. As a result, discrepancies between the estimated gestational ages became apparent in some cases when comparing the individual structures to be measured. However, there was a clear tendency towards a lower gestational age calculated based on clavicle length and a higher gestational age calculated based on femoral length and distal femoral epiphysis. With regard to the assessment of maturity, it has been concluded that, if the proximal tibial epiphysis is present, maturity can also be assumed based on the diameter of the distal femoral epiphysis and the length of the femur. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Feld, KatharinaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-2699-2741UNSPECIFIED
Bonni, MarcelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Koerber, FriederikeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Eifinger, FrankUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Banaschak, SibylleUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-321008
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110391
Journal or Publication Title: Forensic Sci.Int.
Volume: 314
Date: 2020
Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Place of Publication: CLARE
ISSN: 1872-6283
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
FETAL AGE; CIRCUMFERENCE; MATURITY; HEADMultiple languages
Medicine, LegalMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32100

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