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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56926| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Where is the true location of the femoral piriform fossa? |
| Authors: | Pedro José Labronici Fernando Claudino Dos Santos Filho Robinson Esteves Santos Pires André Wajnsztejn José Otávio Soares Hungria Vinicius Schott Gameiro Luiz Henrique Penteado da Silva |
| Abstract: | Objective: To analyze knowledge of the anatomic location of the piriform fossa using a questionnaire with anatomic figures. Materials and methods: Participants taking AO Trauma Brasil courses were requested to complete a questionnaire containing a photograph of the superior surface and a photograph of the lateral surface of the femur and answer a question asking which of four numbered points corresponded to the piriform fossa.Results: Just 4.5% of respondents correctly chose point 2 (the piriform fossa) in both images, while 75.4% of respondents chose point 4 (the trochanteric fossa) as the correct anatomic structure. The subset of 4th year residents’ answers was significantly different from those of the other subsets, with 7.5% of correct answers.Conclusions: The low rate of correct answers indicates a tendency for the respondents to be influenced by illustrations in text books or examples in scientific publications that indicate the site of the piriform fossa incorrectly. Interest in the specialty of traumatology is possibly the reason why the subset of 4th-year residents had a better- than-average rate of correct answers. |
| Subject: | Seio Piriforme Fraturas Proximais do Fêmur |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE APARELHO LOCOMOTOR |
| Rights: | Acesso Restrito |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2016.10.016 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/56926 |
| Issue Date: | 17-Oct-2016 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020138316306672?via%3Dihub |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Injury |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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