Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Age Estimation by Epiphyseal Union of Medial Epicondyle, Lateral Epicondyle, Capitulum & Trochlea in the Age Group of 15 To 19 Years

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Kishore Kumar G1 , Nikhil K1 , R.Jenifer Jacquiline

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Background: Age determination in both living and dead plays animportant role in medicolegal cases. There are various methods to assess the age by physical characteristics, odonatological development but the most valuable method seems to be the osteological changes observed by radiological examination ie., the appearance and fusion of secondary ossification centerslike medial epicondyle, lateral epicondyle, capitulum & trochlea. The present study was conducted on 131 subjects out of which 110 were males and 21 were females. The main aim of the study was to find the age of fusion of secondary ossification centersof medial epicondyle, lateral epicondyle, capitulum & trochlea and to compare the distribution of fusion of ossification centers between males and females.

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