DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i05.026

Pages: 1632-1635

Intentional injuries constitute an infringement of the physical integrity of human being. They represent a breach of the criminal law. The objective of our work was to study their clinical and legal aspects in Bamako. It was a retrospective study performed in the health referral center of the 4th commune of Bamako (capital of Mali) from June 1st 2006 to December 31th 2008. The study included 196 patients. The age range of 16 - 25 years was more involved (, 41.8 %), followed by the age range of 11-20 years (34.7 %). Females were more injured (52.5 %) than males (47.5 %) . Among the traumas, we had: 118 cases of bruises (60.2 %), 77 cases of wounds (39.3 %) and 1 case of fracture (0.5 %). The duration of the total work inability ranged from 1 to 20 days (58.7%). Legal proceedings were brought against the perpetrator in 8.2% (n= 16).