A forensic/medical retrospective forensic examination of the relationship between bone fractures and life-threatening cases admitted to the Forensic Medicine Outpatient Clinic of Trakya University Faculty of Medicine between the years 2019-2022

The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnosis, clinical course, sociodemographic characteristics, site of injury, presence or absence of bone fracture and the characteristics of patients with bone fracture, to compare the relationship between these characteristics and life-threatening injuries, to obtain data such as the result of the report and the variety of forensic incidents in the region, to evaluate the relationships between these data, and to discuss the results by comparing them with similar studies conducted in our country. In this retrospective study, patients with life-threatening conditions who applied to the outpatient clinic of our department between 01.01.2019 and 31.12.2022 were included in the study. Of the 385 cases included in the study, %80,3 were male and %19,7 were female. The mean age of the cases was 37,59 ± 18,98 years. It was determined that our cases most frequently presented to the emergency department in 2020 (%28,6), summer (%37,7) and August (%12,7). It was observed that there was an average of 3,23 months between the date of the incident and the request for a forensic report. Bone fractures were observed in 70,6% of all cases. It was determined that both the most common site of life-threatening injuries and the most common site of fractures in our cases was the chest region and 54,5% of the injuries in this region were caused by traffic accidents. It was determined that 72,4% of the bone fractures were classified as severe in the scoring of the effect on vital functions. It is thought that the errors and deficiencies in forensic reports should be reduced, the chest region should be examined in detail in cases of traffic accidents, and the case should be examined in terms of internal organ damage in the presence of lumbar fracture. Keywords: Forensic traumatology, life threatening, bone fracture.