SULCUS MORPHOLOGY OF THE DISTAL FEMUR

Traditional images of the distal femur place the intercondylar groove midway between the condyles. The location of the sulcus of the interco ndylar groove in a large Sudanese skeletal population was verified usi ng a custom stereotactic device. The results of this study show that t he femoral sulcus is lateral to the midplane between the 2 femoral con dyles. This study also shows that the configuration of the sulcus is l inear and is oriented between the traditional anatomic and mechanical axes of the femur.