Prevalence and distribution of the fabella: a radiographic study in Turkish subjects
| Autor: | O. F. Egerci, Rahime Sekerci, Ömer Faruk Kılıçaslan, Nigar Keles-Celik, Ozkan Kose, Adil Turan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male 0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Turkish population Histology Knee Joint Turkey Turkish Radiography Dentistry Fabella Hospital records 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient age Prevalence medicine Humans medicine.bone Aged Retrospective Studies business.industry Middle Aged language.human_language Laterality Physical therapy Sesamoid bone language Female 030101 anatomy & morphology Joint Diseases Sesamoid Bones Anatomy business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Folia Morphologica. 76:478-483 |
| ISSN: | 1644-3284 0015-5659 |
| DOI: | 10.5603/fm.a2016.0080 |
| Popis: | Background: The purpose of this study is to examine the plain knee radiographs in Turkish subjects in order to determine the prevalence of the fabella and analyse the differences between age, gender, laterality and its symmetry pattern. Materials and methods: Bilateral antero-posterior and lateral knee radiographs of 500 patients (250 male and 250 female subjects, 1000 knee radiographs) were randomly selected from the clinical database and retrospectively evaluated. Data on patient age, gender, and knee laterality (right–left) were evaluated from hospital records. The differences between the sesamoid bones at a particular location and the side, sex and age groups were analysed. Results: The overall prevalence of the fabella (unilateral or bilateral) was 22.8% (114 subjects). The fabella was present unilaterally in 38 (7.6%) subjects, while it was present bilaterally in 76 (15.2%) subjects. The prevalence of the fabella was similar between the body sides. The prevalence of the fabella was also similar between genders (unilateral or bilateral cases) and age groups. Conclusions: We examined the prevalence, symmetry pattern, age and gender differences in Turkish population. It is the first study performed on Turkish population with the largest sample in current literature. Prevalence of fabella is found to be 22.8% which is quite similar with other Caucasian ethnic populations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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