Selvapriya Sivaramalingam1 , Sasi Krishnan Gunasekaran2
BACKGROUND We wanted to study the morphometry of lower end of adult dried femur in Coimbatore region of Tamilnadu, India and evaluate its clinical significance. METHODS 72 adult ossified femoral dry bones (both right and left), which were available in our Department of Anatomy were studied. This is a prospective observational study, conducted over a period of three months. Using digital vernier caliper with millimeter adjustment, the measurements were taken from lower end of femur and the parameters were studied. RESULTS The mean bicondylar width R: 74.85 mm ± 5.14, L: 73.37 mm ± 5.04; AP diameter of medial condyle, R: 53.50 mm ± 8.49, L: 50.96 mm ± 7.28; lateral condyle, R: 52.91 mm ± 7.92, L: 52.83 mm ± 6.80; Transverse diameter of medial condyle, R: 32.20 mm ± 2.20, L: 31.29 mm ± 2.71; Lateral condyle, R: 32.30 mm ± 2.27, L: 31.89 ± 2.38; Inter condylar width, R: 21.98 mm ± 2.52, L: 21.01 mm ± 2.06. CONCLUSIONS This study gives the detailed analysis of morphometry of lower end of femur as a sample from south Indian population in Coimbatore region of Tamilnadu.
