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- Title
MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE MENISCI OF THE KNEE JOINT IN ADULT CADAVERS OF THE SOUTH INDIAN POPULATION.
- Authors
Murlimanju, B. V.; Nair, Narga; Pai, Shakuntala; Pai, Mangala; P., Chethan; Gupta, Chandni
- Abstract
Objective: To estimate the incidence of different shapes of the medial and lateral meniscus and the incidence of discoid meniscus in the South Indian population. Methods: The study included 108 menisci from 54 adult cadaveric knee joints which were preserved in 10% formaldehyde solution. After the dissection procedure, the morphological variants of the shapes of menisci were macroscopically noted and classified. The medial meniscus was subgrouped as crescent-shaped, sided U-shaped, sided V-shaped, sickle-shaped and C-shaped. The lateral meniscus was subgrouped as crescentshaped, C-shaped and discoid-shaped. Results and Conclusion: From our observations, 50% of the medial menisci were cresent- shaped, 38.9% were sided V-shaped and 11.1% were sided U-shaped. The percentages of the different types of lateral menisci were 61.1%, C-shaped and 38.9%, crescent-shaped. No discoid medial or lateral meniscus (0%) was observed in the study.
- Subjects
SOUTH India; MENISCUS (Anatomy); JOINTS (Anatomy); MORPHOLOGY; KNEE; ANTHROPOMETRY; RACIAL differences; SEX differences (Biology); DISSECTION; DEAD
- Publication
Marmara Medical Journal, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 2, p270
- ISSN
1019-1941
- Publication type
Article