Amputation
An amputate is a part of the body that has been surgically or through injury . The process of detachment is known as amputation , and restoration, the opposite process, is called replantation .
Amputates become things at the moment of separation, but in the event of a traumatic amputation they remain the property of the previous wearer until it has been clarified whether they can be replanted. If this is not the case, property law applies. If this decision is made in the hospital, it is obliged to dispose of it properly . The previous user not only loses all rights, but is also released from all obligations. How the usage rights to removed body parts should be defined is currently the subject of legal discussions.
If an amputate is found, there is an obligation to report in order to be able to clarify whether a criminal offense could have occurred. In the event of deliberate self-mutilation of the fingers in attempted insurance fraud , these are usually not brought to the wound care or possible replantation. Nevertheless, a good part of the amputates can be found with a careful search - the replantation successes remain modest in the end.
In the emergency services called to Replant bag used to prevent further injury to minimize Amputats until arrival at the hospital.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Lenk , Nils Hoppe : A model for the constitution of rights of use to human tissue and body materials. In: Jochen Taupitz (Ed.): Commercialization of the human body. Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-69894-4 , pp. 199-211.
- ↑ Burkhard Madea, Bernd Brinkmann (ed.): Handbook of judicial medicine. Springer, 2003, ISBN 3-540-66447-5 .
