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NJBMS - Volume 5, Issue 4, April - June 2015

Pages: 116-119
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A STUDY ON THE VARIATIONS OF SESAMOIDS OF THE FOOT AND THEIR PREVALENCE

Author: G. KALAIVANI, YASMIN FERNANDES, DEEPTI SHASTRI

Category: Anatomy

Abstract:

Aim : to study the vatiations of sesamoids of the foot and their prevalence.

Materials and Methods : Four hundred and fifty X rays were recruited for this retrospective study.

Results : The variations of Hallucal seasamoids observed in the current study are medial bipartite hallucal sesamoid (2.8%), Lateral bipartite hallucal sesamoid (0.4%) cal sesamoid (0.2%), Medial and lateral bipartite hallu absence of hallucal sesamoid (2.4%)

Keywords: Foot, Sesamoids, X-ray.