A morphometric study of proximal femur geometry in northern Odisha population
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orthopaedic, implants, human femoral, intra-medullary proximal, medullaAbstract
The human femoral head and neck-shaft angle measurements are important in proper femur implants and total hip replacement (THR). It can offer a guide to clinicians for the determination of risk factors for fractures (35). Proper standard sizes of diameter of the femoral head and neck shaft angle remains have always challenging for orthopaedic surgeons and anthropologist. The present study was conducted on 202 adult human femora available in Anatomy, Orthopaedic & FMT departments of V.S.S Medical College, Burla, Odisha In the present study, various measurements of the femur like circumference of head, vertical, and transverse diameter of head showed the differences in measurements of Western-Odisha femora with western counterpart. These measurements are important in surgical procedures like total hip replacement. Thus, we strongly believe that such differences need to be considered when a total hip prosthesis is designed. There is a need for the population specific prosthesis design. But a possible drawback to our method of study is the measurements were taken on dry bones and these dimensions may change during drying process.
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