Difference between revisions of "Autopsy"

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 **Deltoid to mastoid process.
-====Sternum====
+====Chest plate====
+*Removed by cutting the ribs - usu. at the rib ends.
+*Ribs should be examined for fractures.
 *Usually of no interest.
-*May have cleft or foramen - as an anatomical variant.<ref name=pmid10803333>{{cite journal |author=Fokin AA |title=Cleft sternum and sternal foramen |journal=Chest Surg. Clin. N. Am. |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=261–76 |year=2000 |month=May |pmid=10803333 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
+Notes:
+*The sterum may have cleft or foramen - as an anatomical variant.<ref name=pmid10803333>{{cite journal |author=Fokin AA |title=Cleft sternum and sternal foramen |journal=Chest Surg. Clin. N. Am. |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=261–76 |year=2000 |month=May |pmid=10803333 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
+*If the decedent has a history of a CABG removal of the chest plate should be done with care to preserve the grafts.
 ===Blood clots - ''pre- and post-mortem''===