The significance of clinical diagnosis for the forensic evaluation of the injuries of ligamentous apparatus of large joints
The annotation: the key point of the article is to research of evaluation of medical expertise of quality of medical documents and to reveal the main reasons of difference between clinical diagnosis and forensic diagnosis, their influence on the conclusion abou their nature, formation and determination of severity of injury of traumatological patients. The materials and research methods. The reports of forensic experts from the Bureau of forensic medical examination of the Moscow health Department were studied by the authors. 237 cases were selected, as concerning to the patients, with not life-threatening injuries, but protracted for their health more than 21 days. These cases were regarded as damages of medium gravity. In all these cases the doctor-traumatologist took part. The results: In 205 cases (86,3%) the injuries were caused by the damage of ligamentous apparatus of the different localization. The authors revealed mistakes in documentation and determination in diagnostics of the damages, use of laboratory methods. The different localization of the damages of ligamentous apparatus of large joints were analyzed by the authors. Based on the results of research, the authors found the factors which make difficult the determination of real nature, way and formation of the damage and diagnosis of severity of health.