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Forensic Medical Evaluation of Trauma-Related Amputations

Travmaya Bağlı Amputasyonların Adli Tıbbi Değerlendirilmesi

Aytek Hüseyin Çeliksöz(KOÇ ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-4630-1856
Ümit Şimşek(ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0002-3544-8871
Neslihan Polat(ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ)0009-0004-9469-4898
Mehmet Ali Deveci(KOÇ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0002-3670-3985
Kenan Karbeyaz(ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0001-6009-0739
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2026-02-24
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Conclusions: Traumatic amputations in this study predominantly affected young male patients and were most commonly caused by occupational accidents, with finger amputations being the most frequent injury type.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Objective: High-energy injuries such as traffic accidents and occupational accidents, which are commonly encountered in forensic medicine practice, may result in traumatic amputations (2,5).
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Key Findings & Data:Methods: This retrospective study evaluated traumatic amputation cases that presented to the Department of Forensic Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, over a 10-year period between 2015 and 2024.
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Conclusion & Impact:Conclusions: Traumatic amputations in this study predominantly affected young male patients and were most commonly caused by occupational accidents, with finger amputations being the most frequent injury type.
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⚙️Variables:Traumatic amputation · medicolegal report · occupational accident

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Introduction: Objective: High-energy injuries such as traffic accidents and occupational accidents, which are commonly encountered in forensic medicine practice, may result in traumatic amputations (2,5). All such cases are considered medicolegal incidents and require official notification. This study aimed to evaluate the medical findings and medicolegal reports of amputation cases and to share regional data on traumatic amputations with the existing literature. Methods: This retrospective study evaluated traumatic amputation cases that presented to the Department of Forensic Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, over a 10-year period between 2015 and 2024. Demographic characteristics such as age and sex, event characteristics such as mechanism and type of injury, and medicolegal report contents were analyzed. Results: A total of 157 traumatic amputation cases were evaluated. The majority of patients were male (82.2%), with a mean age of 29 ± 7.5 years. Occupational accidents were the leading cause of injury (74.5%). Finger amputations were the most common (83.4%), most frequently involving the right index finger. Replantation was possible in 16 cases (10.2%). Functional loss was identified in 25 cases (15.9%), and functional impairment in 29 cases (18.5%). Conclusions: Traumatic amputations in this study predominantly affected young male patients and were most commonly caused by occupational accidents, with finger amputations being the most frequent injury type.

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Giriş: Adli tıp pratiğinde sık görülen trafik kazası, iş kazası, yüksek kinetik enerjiye yaralanmalar, ampütasyon ile sonuçlanabilir (2,5). Bu olguların tümü adli olgu niteliğindedir ve adli bildirim gerektirmektedir. Bu çalışmada, amputasyon olgularının tıbbi bulgularının ve adli tıp raporlarının değerlendirilmesi travmatik ampütasyon olguları ile ilgili bölgesel verilerin literatürle paylaşılması amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Bu çalışmada 2015-2024 yılları arasındaki 10 yıllık dönemde Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı’na başvuran travmaya bağlı ampütasyon olguları retrospektif olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Olgulara ait, yaş, cinsiyet gibi demografik veriler, olayın şekli, yaralanmanın türü gibi olay özellikleri ve adli rapor içerikleri değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Olguların 129’unun (% 82,2), erkek olduğu, yaş ortalamasının 29±7,5 olduğu, 117 olgunun (% 74,5) iş kazası nedeniyle yaralandığı belirlendi. En sık (n=74) sağ el 2. parmağın ampute olduğu, 16 olguda (% 10,2) replantasyon yapılabildiği, 25 olguda (% 15,9) yaralanmanın işlev yitimine, 29 olguda (% 18,5) işlev zayıflığına neden olduğu saptandı. Sonuç; Sunulan çalışmada elde edilen bulguların, demografik veriler açısından travmatik amputasyon ile ilgili litaretür ile uyumlu olduğu değerlendirilmiştir. Travmatik amputasyon ile ilgili hukuki süreçte gerekli adli raporların uygun şekilde düzenlenmesi için tüm tedavi sürecinin hastane kayıtlarının düzenli olması önem taşımaktadır.

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Çeliksöz, A. H., Şimşek, Ü., Polat, N., Deveci, M. A., Karbeyaz, K. (2026). Forensic Medical Evaluation of Trauma-Related Amputations. Eskisehir Medical Journal, Volume: 7 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.48176/esmj.2026.233

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