A Radiographic Study on Prevalence of Sesamoid Bones of Feet in residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad
Abstract
Objective: The present study was conducted to evaluate distribution, prevalence, number and the commonest site of the sesamoid bones of foot in adult residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad
Material and Methods:
Study Type: Descriptive Observational Cross-sectional Study
Material and methods: Total of hundred patients were selected from the outpatient department of Radiology Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi and SON-X Laboratory, Saidpur road Rawalpindi. Fifty were male and fifty were females. Anteroposterior and lateral view of foot radiographs were taken and studied for the prevalence, number and relationship of sesamoid bones to metatarsophalangeal joints in feet.
Results: 2 to 4 sesamoid bones were observed in single foot. Total number in both feet ranged from 4 to 8 bones. Radiographs of male patients showed increased number of sesamoid bones as compared to female patients. 34 out of fifty male patients (68%) had 4 bones. 14 (28%) had 5 bones. 4 (8 %) had 6 bone 7 bones were observed in1 (2%) subject, 1(2%) male subject showed 8 sesamoid bones. However, none of the females had more than six bones. 44 (88%) had 4 sesamoid bones, 3 (6%) of the female had 5 and 3(6%) had 6 sesamoid bones
Conclusion: This study provides data that could assist orthopedic surgeons, radiologists and neurophysicians in diagnosis and treatment of sesamoid bone disorders, which are common in patients with discomfort and pain in feet.
References
2. SP Boelch, H Jansen, RH Meffert, and SP FreyJ Six Sesamoid Bones on Both Feet: Report of a Rare Case joournal of clinical and diagnostic research2015; 9(8): RD04–RD05
3. O Kenechi Nwawka 1, Daichi Hayashi, Luis E Diaz, Ajay R Goud, William F Arndt 3rd, Frank W Roemer, Nagina Malguria, Ali Guermazi Sesamoids And Accessory Ossicles Of The Foot: Anatomical Variability And Related Pathology Epub 2013 Oct;4(5):581-93.
4 M L Pretterklieber 1, A Wanivenhaus. The arterial supply of the sesamoid bones of the hallux: the course and source of the nutrient arteries as an anatomical basis for surgical approaches to the great toe foot ankle int journal1992 Jan;13(1):27-31.
5 Clare F Taylor1, Michael Butler , Stephen W Parsons Problems associated with the excision of the hallux sesamoids foot ankle clin 2014 Sep;19(3):425-36.
6. Vijaianand M , Ravichandran Doraiswamy . Sesamoids of the feet: a cadaveric study on the incidence and morphology in south indian population International Journal of Anatomy and Research, Int J Anat Res 2016, Vol 4(4):3092-96. ISSN 2321-4287
7 Tao Sun,et.al Prevalence, morphological variation and ossification of sesamoid bones of the forefoot: a retrospective radiographic study of 8,716 Chinese subjects,Journal of clinical and translational araeserch 2016 Nov 10; 2(3): 91–96.
8, Dr. Abubaker Elsiddig Talha et.al A Radiographic Study Of The Prevalence And Distribution Of Sesamoid Bones Of The Foot In Adult Sudanese World Journal Of Pharmaceutical And Medical Research Wjpmr, 2016,2(4), 164-176.
9. Kaissar Yammine The Sesamoids Of The Feet In Humans: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Anat Sci Int 2015 Jun;90(3):144-60.
Copyright (c) 2020 Ifra Saeed, Ayesha Yousaf, Muhammad Musharaf Baig
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
All research articles published in the Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College (JRMC) are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download, and share. Copyrights of all articles published in JRMC are retained by the authors. First publication rights are granted to JRMC. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work.
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.
