Online ISSN: 2515-8260

A STUDY OF ULNAR DIAPHYSIAL NUTRIENT FORAMINA IN NORTH INDIAN POPULATION WITH ITS CLINICOANATOMICAL CO-RELATION

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Sunita Kumari 1 , Vandana Sidhu 2 , Ravi kant Sharma 3 Jagdev Singh Kullar 4 .

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Introduction: Nutrient foramen is a natural orifice into the diaphysis of a bone connecting an oblique conduit (nutrient canal) carrying a nutrient artery and nerves to the medullary cavity. This is the major blood supply during the growing period and in the initial stages of ossification. The knowledge of the topography of nutrient foramen helps the surgeons for more accurate management in the case of fractures, dislocation, tumour resections, and selection of the section of bone for bone grafts and minimizing the vascular insult which may lead to non-union or delayed healing. Aims: The goal of this study is to determine the number, direction, position, and distance of NF in the North Indian population from the proximal end of the completely ossified ulna, as well as to analyse its clinico-anatomical relationships. Material and Methods: The current research was performed on 100 Ulna bones from the Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College Amritsar, Punjab, of unknown age and sex. Results: In a study of 100 ulna bones, NF was found to be missing in 3%, double in 5%, and single in 92%. The location of NF in relation to the length of ulna was 25.4% in the upper 1/3rd, 62.7% at the middle 1/3rd, 11.76 % at the junction of the middle and upper 1/3rd, and no nutrient foramen at the distal 1/3. The NF was discovered on the anterior surface at 69.60 percent, the interosseous border at 12.74 percent, and the interosseous border at 17.6 percent. Conclusion: Clinically, comprehensive knowledge of the nutritional foramen is critical, especially for orthopaedic surgeons doing procedures such as tumour resections, bone grafting, and bone transplantation.

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