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D Tchin1, W Atsi2, T Hodabalo Tchaa2
1Laboratoire d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, CHU Tokoin, univertité de Lomé, 1515 Lomé, Togo.
Abstract:
We collected 190 forensic records from the only pathology laboratory in Lomé, over the period from January 2010 to December 2014. The sex ratio (M/F) was 4.4 and the decedents' average age 33.4 years. In 43.2% of cases, the accident resulted from a collision between a pedestrian and a motorcycle; excess speed noted in 56.8% of cases. Four principal groups of fatal injuries were observed: polytrauma (136 cases), isolated severe head injury (49 cases), isolated thoracic contusion (3 cases), and abdominal pelvic contusion with perinea trauma (2 cases).
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