69877

Topical Medication of Wound May Mislead the Medico-Legal Judgment

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Abstract

Wound is a great issue that is very important in forensic medicine reports with its great medico-legal importance through inspecting wound characters and estimating its incidence time. In this study, twenty-seven male albino rats (200-220 gm) were randomly divided into three groups (n = 9) to study the effects of topical wound dressing on wound healing. Group I (positive control group): wound surface was treated with saline while, groups II and III were treated daily with a thin film of panthenol gel and helarium cream, respectively. Pieces of skin containing the wound area were taken after 1, 7 and 14 days to estimate the wound healing process. Wound area was examined macroscopically and microscopically using transmission electron microscope. The obtained results revealed that both panthenol and helarium enhanced wound healing process compared with control group; there was significant wound area shrinkage after 7 days of panthenol treatment. We conclude that wound healing may be accelerated by using some medications which consequently, leads to inaccurate forensic judgment concerning wound age.

DOI

10.21608/scvmj.2019.69877

Keywords

Forensic, Wound healing, Losing wound, Transmission electron microscope, Panthenol, Helarium

Authors

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Rania

Last Name

Abdou

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Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicoloy,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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First Name

Shereen

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicoloy,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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rinamoh2002@hotmail.com

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0000-0002-9654-8980

Volume

24

Article Issue

2

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10620

Issue Date

2019-12-01

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2019-12-24

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2019-12-31

Page Start

329

Page End

345

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1110-6298

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2682-3284

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992

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Suez Canal Veterinary Medical Journal. SCVMJ

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https://scvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Topical Medication of Wound May Mislead the Medico-Legal Judgment

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22 Jan 2023