The Study of Clinical Application on X-ray Measurement of Metacarpal andPhalanges Bones and Their Mathematical Relations / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To provide credible anatomic data and information for clinical diagnosis and surgery of hand by measuring the length of metacarpal bone and phalanges of hands on X-ray films and to study their mathematical relations.Methods The X-ray films of hands on posteroanterior position were taken in 186 healthy college students (M90,F96).The length of each metacarpal and phalange were measured.All the data were calculated by SPSS software.Results The mathematical relations of each metacarpal and phalange bone were obtained .It was found that there were sexual differences in the ratio of first to second,second to fourth,second to fifth and third to fourth metacarpal length,the ratio of first to second,first to fourth and second to fifth proximal phalangeal length,the ratio of second to fifth,third to fifth and fourth to fifth middle phalangeal length and the ratio of first to second and first to third distal phalangeal length.Conclusion The results of this mathematical relations are of great significant in orthopaedic surgery of hand.