Incidence of accessory ossicles and sesamoid bones in the feet: A radiographic study of the Turkish subjects

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Coskun, Nigar ^a   Yuksel, Mehtap ^b   Cevener, Metin ^a   Arican, R Yavuz ^a   Ozdemir, Hakan ^a   Bircan, Oguz ^a   Sindel, Timur ^a   Ilgi, Sezgin ^c   Sindel, Muzaffer ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accessory ossicles; Foot; Metatarsophalangeal sesamoids; Radiography; Sesamoid bones

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOOT BONES; FOOT DEFORMITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 60149085551     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0383-9     Document Type: Article

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