Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

A CADAVERIC STUDY OF MORPHOLOGY AND LOCALIZATION OF HIATUS ADDUCTORIA

Dr. C. Swathi Poornima

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Background: Adductor hiatus is an opening in the distal aponeurotic part of adductor magnus. Femoro–popliteal occlusions are quite common around the hiatus. Multiple imaging studies emphasized the cause as multifactorial.Very few cadaveric studies are found in extant literature, evoking interest in the clinical implications of adductor hiatal morphology. Objective: To determine the shape, structure and localization of adductor hiatus (AH) .Materials & methods: 30 embalmed lower extremities were dissected to expose the adductor hiatus ,the shape and morphology of hiatus was noted. Femoral length and hiatal length were measured. Localization of hiatus was done relative to femoral length. Results: 14 limbs showed musculotendinous, 9 limbs muscular and 7 limbs tendinous boundaries around hiatus. The average femoral length and hiatal length were 41.25cm and 11.55cm respectively.20limbs had hiatal apex located in distal third ,6 in middle and 4 at midpoint of middle and distal third of femur. Conclusions: Sound knowledge of the morphology and localization of adductor hiatus is a pre–requisite for endovascular surgeons and orthopaedicians to perform concerned surgeries. An attempt to study adductor hiatus in cadavers would be of clinical relevance and can be correlated with imaging techniques in volunteers.

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A CADAVERIC STUDY OF MORPHOLOGY AND LOCALIZATION OF HIATUS ADDUCTORIA, Dr.C.Swathi Poornima INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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