Introduction: Awareness of femoral neck ante-version with respect to sex, race, sides and different geographical area is useful to surgeon to treat the patients in different cases and also to design prosthesis. Femoral neck ante-version is the angle formed by the femoral condylar plane (bicondylar plane) and a plane passing through the center of the neck and the femoral head (Kim et al 2000, Napoli 1995). If the axis of the neck inclines forwards to transcondylar plane the angle or torsion is called ante-version.
Aims & Objective: The present study is proposed to remove the lacuna of information about angle of anteversion in Indian population which can be used for designing suitable implants for various corrective orthopaedic surgeries in order to avoid post-op problems and revision surgeries.
Materials and Methods: Present study was conducted in the department of anatomy, L.LR.M. Medical College Meerut on 100 dry femora of unknown age and sex of Cadaveric origin. The adult cadaveric femoral morphology was determined to measure angle of ante-version of femur by the Kingsley- Olmsted method using standardized technique with the help of digital vernier caliper and goniometer.
Result: On comparison of angle of ante-version on left and right side we found that mean ± S.D. on left side was 20.140 ± 4.65, on right side 22.900 ± 5.98 respectively, with highly significant p value of 0.012. The maximum angle of ante-version on left and right side was 350 and 360 respectively while minimum angle of anteversion on both sides was 140.
Conclusion: The knowledge of Femoral neck anteversion nowadays is becoming more significant with the increase in demand for total hip replacement, and anthropological studies. The present study adds to the preexisting data and may be used in the fields of orthopedic surgery to various hip pathologies and anthropology to determine the racial differences and may be supportive for the interventional procedures undertaken in this population.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
This work is licensed under a