SHARP TRAUMA

Cuts, incisions, incised wounds

Stab wounds

Chop wounds

Therapeutic wounds

Incised wounds

Clean cut edges, usually without abrasion or contusion and there is no bridging

Are longer than they are deep

May be deeper at one end than the other, giving rise to questions of right or left handedness

Stab wounds

Depth exceeds width

May reflect the causative instrument or weapon (single or double edge)

Relatively little abrasion of the wound margins

Chop Wounds

Deep gaping wounds