Morphometric Study of Height of Medial Malleolus of Fully Ossified Dry Human Left Tibia

Abstract

Tibia is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates. The objective of this study was to determine the morphometry of the height of medial malleolus of fully ossified dry human left tibia and this morphometric parameter also clinically important in imaging diagnosis of fractures of the medial malleolus. This analytical type of study was done on two hundred (200) fully ossified dry human left tibia conducted in the Department of Anatomy at Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh from July 2014 to June 2015 for a period of one year. From the result of the present study it can be concluded that the mean (±SD) value of height of medial malleolus of tibia was greater in male than that of female which was statistically significant (p<0.01). The results of this study will be useful for Orthopedic surgeons while making implants for the lower end of tibia.