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19th Congress of International Federation of Associations of Anatomists, London, United Kingdom, 9 - 11 August 2019, vol.236, no.36, pp.310-311
Purpose: The
fovea capitis femoris (FCF) serves as a landmark for hip arthroscopy and has
anthropological importance. Nevertheless, number of studies that evaluate its
morphology is scarce. This study was aimed to investigate the morphology of FCF
on dry human femora.
Methods: Seventy
nine (38 right, 41 left) bones with no record of age or sex from the collection
of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy were evaluated. FCF
shape, location, and presence of perifoveal grooves, notches, or osteophytes
were investigated.
Results:
The shape of the FCF was circular, oval, triangular, and irregular in 39.2%,
39.2%, 15.1%, and 6.3% of cases, respectively. All FCF were located at the
posteroinferior quadrant of the femoral head. More than half (56.1%) of the
femora had a perifoveolar groove or notch and 30.3% had osteophytes around the
fovea. FCF shape and presence of perifoveal groove/notch were not
siginificantly different between right and left sides. Similarly, presence of
perifoveal groove/notch was not siginificantly different among different FCF
shapes.
Conclusions: Detailed
preliminary observations were carried out on the morphology of the FCF in a
Turkish population. Further investigations on the relationship between FCF
morphology and femoral morphometry including femoral neck angle and femoral
torsion angle are planned.