Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 100-103
Anthropometric Analysis of Nutrient Foramen of Tibia - A Study in Eastern India
Tapas Ghosh1, Mrinal Kanti Ray2
1Associate Professor, Anatomy Department, 2Associate Professor, Orthopedics Department,
Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Corresponding Author: Mrinal Kanti Ray
ABSTRACT
The morphological knowledge of nutrient foramen is important, but there can be variations.
172 dry adult tibia of unknown age and sex were studied in the present observational, cross sectional study conducted in the departments of Anatomy and Orthopedics of a tertiary care medical college and hospital.
A single NF was observed in all tibia. 84 and 85 NF were directed downwards in the right and left tibia respectively. Location of nutrient foramen on the shaft was found as follows: for the right tibia, on the posterior, lateral and medial surfaces the number of cases were 85, 1 and 0 respectively; numbers for the same location for the left tibia were 83, 2 and 1 respectively. The NF was found to be located lateral to, medial to and on the soleal line in 84, 0 and 2 cases in right tibia, and 82, 1 and 3 cases in left tibia. Distance of NF from junction of upper 1/3 & middle 1/3 of shaft was found to be (in Mean + SD) 17.8+3.1 and 17.6+2.9 for right and left tibia.
The present work should provide various disciplines of doctors, especially orthopedic surgeons with data that will help in various surgical procedures, especially to avoid damage to the nutrient vessels. Still, further research work with other parameters should be carried out.
Keywords: nutrient foramen, tibia, anatomy, orthopedics
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