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. 2010 May 18;468(12):3371–3376. doi: 10.1007/s11999-010-1386-5

Table 1.

Cortical and medullary canal widths of femurs according to classification of Hartofilakidis et al.*

Level Cortical width (mm) Medullary width (mm)
C1 Mean ± SD (mm) C2 Mean ± SD (mm) p Value C1 Mean ± SD (mm) C2 Mean ± SD (mm) p Value
2 41.7 ± 8.5 33.4 ± 6.3 < 0.001 36.2 ± 8.7 25.2 ± 4.8 < 0.001
1 36.0 ± 6.2 29.2 ± 4.2 < 0.001 28.1 ± 6.6 21.2 ± 3.8 < 0.001
CLT 31.2 ± 4.6 26.6 ± 3.8 < 0.001 22.8 ± 4.8 17.4 ± 3.8 < 0.001
−1 28.4 ± 4.0 25.8 ± 3.6 0.017 19.4 ± 4.0 14.9 ± 3.6 < 0.001
−2 26.9 ± 3.2 24.3 ± 3.8 0.010 17.1 ± 3.3 13.2 ± 3.4 < 0.001
−3 25.1 ± 2.7 23.7 ± 3.1 0.085 14.3 ± 2.8 11.8 ± 3.4 0.005
−4 24.0 ± 2.7 23.1 ± 3.0 0.265 13.1 ± 2.5 11.3 ± 3.1 0.023
−5 23.6 ± 2.5 22.8 ± 2.8 0.259 12.3 ± 2.4 10.8 ± 2.8 0.051
-6 23.1 ± 2.5 22.3 ± 2.5 0.268 11.7 ± 2.1 10.5 ± 2.8 0.082
−7 22.9 ± 2.5 22.2 ± 2.5 0.346 11.3 ± 2.2 10.3 ± 2.6 0.176
−8 22.5 ± 2.6 22.3 ± 2.4 0.773 10.8 ± 2.2 10.0 ± 2.5 0.223
−9 22.4 ± 2.6 22.2 ± 2.2 0.714 10.5 ± 2.1 9.8 ± 2.4 0.281
−10 22.5 ± 2.5 22.3 ± 2.3 0.741 10.8 ± 2.1 9.7 ± 2.3 0.080
Isthmus 22.2 ± 2.8 22.0 ± 2.3 0.882 10.2 ± 1.9 9.1 ± 2.4 0.129

* Types C1 and C2 (AP view); values are expressed as mean ± SD; CLT = center of the lesser trochanter.