Características morfológicas del orificio de entrada en herida por arma de fuego de cañón corto

Abstract

Introduction: Short-barreled firearms are classified according to their length, since if it is less than 40 cm it corresponds to short-barreled, but if it exceeds this measure, it is a long-barreled weapon; Their usefulness is based on the fact that they are cheap and their size makes them easy to handle, which is why these types of weapons are often associated with medico-legal processes. Objective: To identify the findings found in the entry hole in firearm wounds through a bibliographic review with scientific evidence for the correct registration in legal medical documents. Methodology: This is a study carried out in a retrospective descriptive manner through a bibliographic review in the scientific bases of SCIELO, EBSCO, PUBMED, MESH, in the period of time from January 2017 to the present for the extraction of qualitative information compiling information from Morphological characteristics of the entry hole in gunshot wounds. Conclusion: The typical findings found in firearm injuries in the entry hole caused by firearms show how each projectile produces a different hole when impacting with the victim, in this case in short-barreled weapons it causes holes that in its Most of the time they are rounded, therefore, if it is oblique, the hole will turn an oval shape and it will not be able to penetrate.