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    A stab wound is an injury caused by a pointed weapon being driven into the skin. Key aspects of a stab wound include the entry wound, depth and direction of the wound, and potential exit wound. The entry wound is usually larger than any exit wound. Examination can provide clues about the weapon used and relationship between assailant and victim, but the depth and full internal damage cannot be determined without further investigation like x-rays or autopsy.

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    A stab wound is an injury caused by a pointed weapon being driven into the skin. Key aspects of a stab wound include the entry wound, depth and direction of the wound, and potential exit wound. The entry wound is usually larger than any exit wound. Examination can provide clues about the weapon used and relationship between assailant and victim, but the depth and full internal damage cannot be determined without further investigation like x-rays or autopsy.

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    A stab wound is an injury caused by a pointed weapon being driven into the skin. Key aspects of a stab wound include the entry wound, depth and direction of the wound, and potential exit wound. The entry wound is usually larger than any exit wound. Examination can provide clues about the weapon used and relationship between assailant and victim, but the depth and full internal damage cannot be determined without further investigation like x-rays or autopsy.

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    A stab wound is an injury caused by a pointed weapon being driven into the skin. Key aspects of a stab wound include the entry wound, depth and direction of the wound, and potential exit wound. The entry wound is usually larger than any exit wound. Examination can provide clues about the weapon used and relationship between assailant and victim, but the depth and full internal damage cannot be determined without further investigation like x-rays or autopsy.

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    Dr Azmatullah

    STAB WOUNDS
    Definition

     A stab wound is an injury caused by a more or


    less pointed weapon when it is driven through
    the skin and its depth is greatest.
     Weapon like daggers , knifes , arrows , needle
    etc
    Stab wound

     Description of stab wound include


     Entry wound
     Depth and direction
     Wound of exit if present
    Wound of entry

     The wound of entry is always present in stab


    wound and is generally bigger the exit wound
    because the tabbing wound have tapering tip.
     Clothes may be pushed into wound of entry
     The shape of entry wound is related to weapon
    used
     Knife with on sharp cutting edge and other blunt
    edge may produced a wedge shape injury or
    injury with one end pointed and another blunt
    stab wound

     With double edged knife injury makes


    elliptical injury
     A round pointed weapon makes circular injury
     A pointed square shape weapon will make a
    cruciate injury
     Occurrence of stab wound in paired pattern
    suggest the use of weapon like pair of
    scissors.
    Depth and direction

     External examination of stab wound gives no


    idea of its depth direction and internal
    injuries.
     The depth of stab wound is greater then its
    length . The stab wound does not depend on
    length of weapon alone but it also depend on
    force applied.
    Depth and direction

     It may correspond to length of the blade but


    is greater if injury is caused on the part of the
    body such as abdomen
     It is generally not possible to measure the
    depth accurately due to presence of injury to
    internal viscera and blood clots.
     It is therefore advised to x ray all stab wound
    in search of possible broken part of the
    weapon of foreign body
     Depth and direction can only be measured
    accurately at autopsy
     At autopsy when stab wound is seen to go
    though cartilage or bone the cut surfaces
    must be saved in formalin for possible tool
    mark comparison with a suspected weapon
    Exit wound

     The exit wound is generally smaller and its


    edges are everted
     Hara kiri is unusual form of suicide where the
    abdomen is boldly punctured by a short
    sword in sitting position resulting in one large
    fatal wound causing sudden evisceration of
    abdominal organs followed by collapse and
    death.
     From careful examination of a stab wound it
    may be possible to determine
     The nature of weapon
     Approximate dimension of weapon
     Position of assailant and victim
     Volitional activity
     Nature of injury
     Stab wound is converging wound

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