Bone Research

New bone research study findings recently were published by researchers at Ege University, Department of Anatomy

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, July 10th, 2009

Investigators publish new data in the report 'The types of talar articular facets and morphometric measurements of the human calcaneus bone on Turkish race.' "There are three facets over upper side of talocalcaneal joint: anterior talar facet, middle and posterior. Three types of calcaneus that have distinct talar facets were defined as types A, B and C," researchers in Izmir, Turkey report.

"A total of 221 calcanei (98 right, 123 left), with unknown gender, were dried and evaluated. In our study type B calcaneus (58%) was defined as the most common type, and type A calcaneus (39.3%) as the second most common type. By using facet joint differences and bone measurement,...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2009-07-10)

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