ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2017
Quantitative anatomy of the primary ossification center of the femoral shaft in human fetuses.
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- Application of artificial neural networks to evaluate femur development in the human fetus.PloS one · 2024Article
- Skeletal and dental age estimation via postmortem computed tomography in Polish subadults group.International journal of legal medicine · 2023Article
- Distal femoral fractures in children.EFORT open reviews · 2022Review
- Quantitative anatomy of the primary ossification center in the fetal pubis bone.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2019Article
- The primary ossification of the human fetal ischium: CT, digital-image analysis, and statistics.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2019Article
- Morphometric study of the primary ossification center of the fibular shaft in the human fetus.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2019Article
- Three-dimensional growth of tibial shaft ossification in the human fetus: a digital-image and statistical analysis.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeEarly clinical distinction of congenital defects in the femur is extremely important, as it determines the prognosis of the development of the lower limb. This study was performed to quantitatively examine the primary center of ossification in the femoral shaft with respect to its linear, planar, and volumetric parameters. MATERIALS AND
methodsUsing methods of CT, digital-image analysis, and statistics, the size of the primary ossification center of the femoral shaft in 47 spontaneously aborted human fetuses aged 17-30 weeks was studied.
resultsWith no sex and laterality differences, the best fit growth dynamics for femoral shaft ossification center was modelled by the following functions: y = 5.717 + 0.040 × (age)
conclusionsThe size of the femoral shaft ossification center displays neither sex nor laterality differences. The ossification center in the femoral shaft follows quadratic functions with respect to its length and projection surface area, linear functions with respect to its proximal, middle, and distal transverse diameters, and a cubic function with respect to its volume. The obtained morphometric data of the femoral shaft ossification center are considered normative for respective prenatal weeks and may be of relevance in both the estimation of fetal ages and the ultrasound diagnostics of congenital defects.
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