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Metatarsal growth during the second trimester: a predictor of gestational age?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1998

HENRIQUE AYRES DE VASCONCELLOS  and
ELIANE FERREIRA
HENRIQUE AYRES DE VASCONCELLOS
Affiliation:
Anatomy Department, Biology Institute of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ELIANE FERREIRA
Affiliation:
Center for Health and Biological Sciences of Estacio de Sa University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Abstract

Metatarsal growth was studied in 780 human fetal metatarsal bones, crown-rump length ranging from 120 to 260 mm and gestational age ranging from 14 to 23 wk postconception. Total length, diaphyseal length and diameter were measured and statistical analysis performed. Means and standard deviations for each measurement were calculated at 1 wk intervals. These data were correlated with crown-rump length and gestational age and an equation was constructed in an attempt to predict gestational age.

Keywords

Osteologyfetal development
Type
Short Report
Information
The Journal of Anatomy , Volume 193 , Issue 1 , July 1998 , pp. 145 - 149
Copyright
© Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1998

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