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Essentials of Autopsy Practice

Reviews, Updates and Advances

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  • Provides an easy access reference source on current autopsy advances

  • Provides an overview of topics of current high interest in the field

  • Written by experts in the field internationally

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. The Cricoid Cartilage

    • Guy N. Rutty
    Pages 89-110
  3. Mountain Deaths

    • Jeremy Windsor
    Pages 111-127
  4. Fatalities Related to Extreme Aerial Sports

    • Francesco Feletti
    Pages 129-142
  5. Commotio Cordis

    • Ritesh G. Menezes, Mohammed Madadin, Muhammad Shariq Usman
    Pages 143-157

About this book

This book covers topical subjects within the field of death investigation, where changes in practice have recently occurred. The topics embrace the multi-disciplinary approach required for death investigation, and address advances in the field of forensic photography, pathology, and 3D printing as applied to forensics. This volume includes chapters on high altitude deaths, the role of 3D-printing applied to forensic investigations, photogrammetry, commotion cordis (an uncommon cause of fatal cardiac arrest) and the cricoid cartilage.

Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Reviews, Updates and Advances is an educational and practical resource aimed at trainees and consultants, generalists and specialists, and multi-disciplinary teams.

Editors and Affiliations

  • East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Guy N. Rutty

About the editor

Professor Guy Rutty MBE holds the Foundation Chair in Forensic Pathology at the University of Leicester where he is Chief Forensic Pathologist to the East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit. He is an honorary consultant in histopathology to the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and a Home Office registered forensic pathologist.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essentials of Autopsy Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Reviews, Updates and Advances

  • Editors: Guy N. Rutty

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24330-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24329-6Published: 02 January 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24332-6Published: 26 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24330-2Published: 01 January 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 157

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Medical Law

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eBook USD 54.99
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Softcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 99.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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