Author/Authors :
Mohanty، Manoj Kumar نويسنده Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College and Research Centre , , Singh، Bhoopendra نويسنده Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand , , Arun، M. نويسنده Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, JSS Medical College, Mysore, (Karnataka) India , , Menezes، Ritesh G نويسنده Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, (Karnataka) India , , Palimar، Vikram نويسنده Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, (Karnataka) India ,
Abstract :
Investigative dissection of a dead body primarily to find out cause of death is known as post mortem examination
or Necropsy. Medicolegal autopsy or Forensic autopsy is performed following instructions of legal authority
in sudden, suspicious, obscure, unnatural or criminal deaths. Autopsies are of two types i.e. Medico legal
autopsy and Pathological or Hospital autopsy. Traditional procedures of autopsy need extensive dissection,
which lead to mutilation of the dead body. As such, it has been unpopular amongst various religions and
communities. To overcome this, many other variants of autopsies have developed over the years. Though many
consider the autopsy to be an antiquated procedure, many changes have already occurred in the procedure.
This paper attempts to explain various types of autopsies, the changing trends and analyses the advantages
and disadvantages associated with them.
