Gender and Side-to-Side Differences of Femoral Condyles Morphology : Osteometric Data from 360 Caucasian Dried Femori
Joint Authors
Totlis, Trifon
Sideridis, Aristotelis
Papathanasiou, Efthymia
Vlasis, Konstantinos
Terzidis, Ioannis
Natsis, Konstantinos
Source
Anatomy Research International
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of the present study was to conduct direct measurements in a large sample of dried femori in order to record certain morphometric parameters of the femoral condyles and determine whether there are gender and side differences.
Three hundred sixty (Greek) Caucasian dried femori (180 left and 180 right), from 192 males and 168 females, were measured using a digital caliper.
The mean age was 67.52 years.
The mean bicondylar width of the femur was 8.86 cm ± 0.42 cm in men and 7.85 cm ± 0.30 cm in women (P<0.01).
The relative values for the medial condylar depth were 6.11 cm ± 0.34 cm and 5.59 cm ± 0.29 cm (P<0.05); for the lateral condylar depth were 6.11 cm ± 0.33 cm and 5.54 cm ± 0.21 cm (P<0.01); for the intercondylar width were 2.20 cm ± 0.18 cm and 1.87 cm ± 0.10 cm (P<0.001); for the intercondylar depth were 2.78 cm ± 0.16 cm and 2.37 cm ± 0.12 cm (P<0.001).
No significant side-to-side difference was observed in any parameter.
The femoral condyles differences in anatomy between genders might be useful to the design of total knee prostheses.
The contralateral healthy side can be safely used for preoperative templating since there were no significant side differences.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Terzidis, Ioannis& Totlis, Trifon& Papathanasiou, Efthymia& Sideridis, Aristotelis& Vlasis, Konstantinos& Natsis, Konstantinos. 2012. Gender and Side-to-Side Differences of Femoral Condyles Morphology : Osteometric Data from 360 Caucasian Dried Femori. Anatomy Research International،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Terzidis, Ioannis…[et al.]. Gender and Side-to-Side Differences of Femoral Condyles Morphology : Osteometric Data from 360 Caucasian Dried Femori. Anatomy Research International No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Terzidis, Ioannis& Totlis, Trifon& Papathanasiou, Efthymia& Sideridis, Aristotelis& Vlasis, Konstantinos& Natsis, Konstantinos. Gender and Side-to-Side Differences of Femoral Condyles Morphology : Osteometric Data from 360 Caucasian Dried Femori. Anatomy Research International. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-489904
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-489904