Gender Disparities in the Coronal Suture Closure of the Cranium – A tool for estimation of sex
Zulfiqar Ali Buzdar, Javaid Munir, Zia Ul Haq, Muhammad Anwar Sibtain Fazli, Faiza Munir Qazi, Fakhar uz Zaman
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ABSTRACT
Background: Establishing the identification of a deceased at autopsy is one of the
prime objective of medicolegal postmortem examination. The identification
starts with determination of age and sex of the individual. The problem arise
when completely decomposed dead body or just skeletal remains are brought for
postmortem examination.
Methods: The study was conducted on 90 dead bodies of equal proportion from both
the genders in the year 2016 for a period of nine months. The cases were
selected for study after careful scrutiny through a pre-trialed questionnaire
with certain selection criteria. After proper exposure of the inner and outer
surface of the cranial vault the degree of coronal suture closure was assessed
in three segments as C1, C2 and C3 as observed through Acsádi‐Nemeskéri Scale.
Results: A grossly significant observation of possibility of determination sex
both from ectocranial and endocranial suture closure of the coronal suture with
0.001 p value was noted, therefore establish the fact that determination of sex
from closure coronal suture is established.
Keywords: Sex, Coronal, Suture, Closure
ABSTRACT
Background: Establishing the identification of a deceased at autopsy is one of the
prime objective of medicolegal postmortem examination. The identification
starts with determination of age and sex of the individual. The problem arise
when completely decomposed dead body or just skeletal remains are brought for
postmortem examination.
Methods: The study was conducted on 90 dead bodies of equal proportion from both
the genders in the year 2016 for a period of nine months. The cases were
selected for study after careful scrutiny through a pre-trialed questionnaire
with certain selection criteria. After proper exposure of the inner and outer
surface of the cranial vault the degree of coronal suture closure was assessed
in three segments as C1, C2 and C3 as observed through Acsádi‐Nemeskéri Scale.
Results: A grossly significant observation of possibility of determination sex
both from ectocranial and endocranial suture closure of the coronal suture with
0.001 p value was noted, therefore establish the fact that determination of sex
from closure coronal suture is established.
Keywords: Sex, Coronal, Suture, Closure