ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2021
Fatal strangulation during consensual BDSM activity: three case reports.
Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Forensic issues in autoerotic deaths: A 44-year systematic review and a case series from the legal medicine institutes of Bologna and Milan, Italy.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Why Sexual Choking Is Not as Safe as You Think: A Call to Action from Sex Researchers and Kink Educators.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Review
- Experiences and Perceptions of Risk Among Australian Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Engage in Sexual Strangulation.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Hyoid fracture: consensual sex-play or non-consensual nonfatal strangulation: a case report.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Article
- BDSM Safety in Pornography: Its Perceived Accuracy and Impact on Practitioners' Safe Word Practices.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Deaths during Sexual Activity.Acta medica Lituanic · 2024Article
- An exploration of marks/injuries related to BDSM sexual experiences.Sexual medicine · 2023Article
- Approach considerations for the management of strangulation in the emergency department.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2022Article
- How safe is BDSM? A literature review on fatal outcome in BDSM play.International journal of legal medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Autoerotic accidents are well-known occurrences in forensic casework. Reports about unintentional deaths in a sexual context involving other persons are much rarer. Three cases of fatal incidents related to asphyxiophilia during consensual BDSM activity are reported. Two men died while visiting a dominatrix, the third one in the presence of a male casual sexual partner. Paraphernalia associated with BDSM/fetishism were found at the scene in all cases. Autopsy findings were compatible with death by strangulation. The cases are compared with published autoerotic accidents and similar unintentional deaths involving other individuals. The difficulties concerning the forensic assessment and reconstruction of the cases are discussed.
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