title: Existence of a rotational axial component in the human humeral medullary canal.
abstract: To explain surgical findings, we studied the anatomy of the human humeral medullary canal on a series of 28 bones in 16 patients and 9 dried bones. A methodology is described to find angle of medullary canal on CT scans regarding to an epicondylar reference axis. We found a constant tri-dimensional spiral shape of the medullary canal in the distal part of the bone. The relations between this first description and the literature are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Traumatologie et Chirurgie Reconstructive, CHU Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, BP 38, 30 place Henri Dunand, 63001, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France. s_descamps@chu-clermontferrand.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Descamps
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moreel
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garcier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bouillet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brehant
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanguy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018483:Diaphyses / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012399:Rotation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054159:Torsion, Mechanical; D055815:Young Adult