caa a22 4500 463199693 CHVBK 20180405153108.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00276-007-0259-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00276-007-0259-4 Anatomical study of the fabella, fabellar complex and its clinical implications [Elektronische Daten] [Tomokazu Kawashima, Hiroyuki Takeishi, Sayaka Yoshitomi, Matsuri Ito, Hiroshi Sasaki] The fabella has been mainly studied using imaging methods but there are less research reports on the gross anatomical studies. We performed this anatomical study of the fabella and its surrounding structures with functional implications using 150 heads of the gastrocnemius muscles of 75 knees from 39 Japanese cadavers. This study is the direct representation of the human fabella and its functional implications. We observed 99 fabellae (66.0%) including 44 complete bony fabellae (29.3%). Of these bony fabellae, 43 (97.7%) were located in the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle with its surrounding structures and were positioned only on the lateral condyle of the femur. Moreover, the cartilage and bony fabellae, especially on the lateral side, contributed to the fabella complex with its surrounding muscles and ligaments and formed small articular cavity by cooperating with the femoral condyle. Although the human fabella is considered as appearing in the fabella complex with ageing and it possibly induces clinical symptoms, the fabella may play an important role as a stabilizer between the fabella complex and the femoral condyle. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Fabella nationallicence Fabella complex nationallicence Knee nationallicence Anatomy nationallicence Sesamoid bone nationallicence Kawashima Tomokazu Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut Takeishi Hiroyuki Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut Yoshitomi Sayaka Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut Ito Matsuri Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut Sasaki Hiroshi Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/8(2007-12-01), 611-616 0930-1038 29:8<611 2007 29 276 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0259-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0259-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kawashima Tomokazu Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Takeishi Hiroyuki Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yoshitomi Sayaka Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ito Matsuri Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sasaki Hiroshi Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/8(2007-12-01), 611-616 0930-1038 29:8<611 2007 29 276 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer