Abstract

NOGUE-NAVARRO, L.; BARDALET VINALS, N.  and  ADSERIAS GARRIGA, MJ.. Técnicas de apertura del cadáver. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2016, vol.33, n.1, pp.3-14. ISSN 2215-5287.

The autopsy is the post mortem study of a body. The process begins at the scene of death, and consists in an external and internal examination.

The external examination is a thorough inspection of the cadaver collecting any particularity that may provide information regarding the identification and the cause of death.

The internal examination consists in a detailed study of the possible anatomic abnormalities of the body. This internal study it´s performed firstly by a macroscopic observation that can be complemented with a microscopic, toxicological, biochemical or immunological study if indicated.

To carry out the inner examination of the corpse, different dissection techniques are used in order to obtain the cause and manner of death, as well as the identity of the deceased when unknown. Depending on the etiology of death, different proceedings will be carried out. Those techniques are based on the knowledge of normal and pathological anatomy of organs and viscera morphology, and topographic relation between apparatus and systems that compound the human body.

The aim of this paper is to review the techniques of cadaver opening, considering that are critical in the autopsy process, whatever clinical or judicial, and not least, by the respect for the corpse when practicing the incisions.

Keywords : Autopsy; Corpse; Mata; Opening techniques; Virchow.

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