title: Morphological variants of the suprapatellar septum. An anatomical study in neonatal cadavers.
abstract: In order to study the incidence and variations of the suprapatellar septum, 100 knee joints of 50 neonatal cadavers were examined anatomically. In 26% of the neonatal knee joints, a complete septum was found. Perforated septa with different shapes and residual septa were seen in 64% knees. A complete involution of the former septum was found in 10 of our cases. A suprapatellar septum combined with a mediopatellar plica was found in 18 knees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Anatomy, Mayis University, Medical Faculty, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gülman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kopuz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yazici
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karaismailoglu
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology*