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Volume 7 Issue 11 (November, 2019)

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Morphometric Analysis of Upper End of Tibia
Navodita Chaudhary

Background: To assess morphometric parameters of upper end of tibia. Materials & methods: A total of 40 subjects were enrolled. The study group comprised of 20 male and 20 female adult human tibiae. An equal number of right and left sided bones were included. Student’s t-test was done. P-value <0.05 was considered significant. Results were analysed using SPSS software. Results: A total of 40 tibia samples were enrolled. The mean values of antero-posterior measurement of medial condyle as observed on the two sides in both male and female bones. The difference between the two sexes on both the sides was highly significant statistically (p-value <0.001 on both right and left sides). Conclusion: Morphometric details of upper end of tibia provides baseline data with reference to total knee arthroplasty.

 
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