Selthofer Robert, Nikolić Vasilije, Mrcela Tomislav, Radić Radivoje, Leksan Igor, Rudez Igor, Selthofer Kristina
Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University "J. J. Strossmayer", Osijek, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 2006 Mar;30(1):43-7.
Sternum has a great clinical significance, considering that median sternotomy is the most common surgical approach used in cardiac surgery. The aim of this study is to standardize the sternum according to size, shape and sex and to obtain ranges of the "standard sternum". The study was done on 55 male and 35 female sterna of the average age of 65. Complex morphometric analysis of breadth, length and thickness of the sterna were performed on sternal segments which were defined by costal notches. Morphometric analysis shows that the general sternum structure in the females and in the males is equal. The standard dimensions of female and male sternum were determined. Standardization according to shape suggests that there is one standard sternum shape present in more than 2/3 of analysed samples of both sexes.
胸骨具有重大的临床意义，因为正中胸骨切开术是心脏手术中最常用的手术入路。本研究的目的是根据大小、形状和性别对胸骨进行标准化，并获得“标准胸骨”的范围。该研究对55例男性和35例女性的胸骨进行，平均年龄为65岁。对由肋切迹定义的胸骨节段进行了胸骨宽度、长度和厚度的复杂形态计量分析。形态计量分析表明，女性和男性的一般胸骨结构相同。确定了女性和男性胸骨的标准尺寸。根据形状进行的标准化表明，在两性超过2/3的分析样本中存在一种标准胸骨形状。
