Morphometry of the patellar ligament in human fetuses

Abstract

Objective: To gather detailed morphometric data of the patellar ligament in human fetuses. Method: Presentstudy is carried out on 32 human fetuses (18 males, 14 females) aged 18 32 weeks of gestation with no grosspathology or anomaly. Following the general external measurements of the fetuses each knee region weredissected. The relationships between the patellar ligament and surrounding structures and its localizationwere determined. Morphometric data on length, width, thickness and diameters were gathered. Results:Means and standard deviations of all parameters were calculated for each gestational week. There weresignificant relations between measured parameters and gestational age (p0.05). All data were compared with previous studies and discussed. Conclusion: Dataobtained in this study will contribute to other studies carried out in the areas of obstetrics, perinatology,forensic medicine and fetal pathology, aimed at identifying anomalies, pathologies and variations of thepatellar ligament and treatment of such cases.

Özet

Amaç: Ynsan fetuslarynda ligamentum patellanyn detayly morfometrik verilerinin elde edilmesi amaçlandy.Gereç ve yöntem: Çaly?ma ya?lary 18.-32. haftalar arasynda de?i?en, patolojisi ve anomalisi olmayan 32 insanfetusunda (18 erkek, 14 kyz) gerçekle?ti. Genel eksternal ölçümlerden sonra her bir fetusun diz bölgesidiseksiyonu yapyldy. Ligamentum patellanyn kom?u yapylarla olan ili?kisi ve lokalizasyonu belirlendi.Uzunluk, geni?lik ve kalynlyk gibi morfometrik veriler elde edildi. Bulgular: Bütün parametrelerin haftalaragöre ortalamalary ve standart sapmalary hesaplandy. Ölçülen parametreler ile gestasyonel ya? arasynda anlamlyili?ki vardy (p0.05). Elde edilen tümsonuçlar daha önce yapylan çaly?malarla kar?yla?tyrylarak tarty?yldy. Sonuç: Çaly?mamyzda elde edilen verilerinfetal dönemde ligamentum patella geli?imi ile ilgili anomali, patoloji ve varyasyonlaryn belirlenmesindeobstetri, perinatoloji, adli typ ve fetopatoloji gibi bilim dallaryndaki çaly?malara, te?his ve tedavilere katkydabulunabilece?ini dü?ünmekteyiz