Journal article
Morphometric Study of Clubfoot Tendon Sheaths
Journal of pediatric orthopaedics, Vol.3(3), pp.311-318
07/1983
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-198307000-00008
PMID: 6874928
Abstract
The clinical characteristics of clubfoot suggest a relative hypoplasia of the posterior and medial foot and leg. To test this hypothesis we compared quantitative cell and organelle characteristics between anterior and posterior tibial tendon sheaths from four clubfeet and two normal feet. Clubfoot posterior tibial tendon sheath had significantly less cell and cytoplasm volume than did clubfoot anterior sheath. Normal posterior tibial tendon sheath had significantly greater cell and cytoplasm volume than did normal anterior sheath. A similar tendency was found for nuclear volume and cell number, although not all samples reached statistical significance. No difference in organelle characteristics between anterior and posterior sheaths was found. We interpret this morphologic difference as suggesting a relative inactivity of clubfoot posterior tibial tendon sheath cells. This supports the hypothesis of a regional growth disturbance as the cause of clubfoot.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Morphometric Study of Clubfoot Tendon Sheaths
- Creators
- Frederick Dietz - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, IAIgnacio PonsetiJoseph Buckwalter
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric orthopaedics, Vol.3(3), pp.311-318
- DOI
- 10.1097/01241398-198307000-00008
- PMID
- 6874928
- NLM abbreviation
- J Pediatr Orthop
- ISSN
- 0271-6798
- eISSN
- 1539-2570
- Publisher
- Lippincott-Raven Publishers
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/1983
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984040312202771
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