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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">479</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>ASSESSMENT OF BOHLER__ampersandsign#39;S AND GISSANE__ampersandsignrsquo;S ANGLES OF THE CALCANEUM IN A GROUP OF SOUTH INDIAN POPULATION - A RADIOLOGICAL STUDY&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ramachandran</surname><given-names>Rahe</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shetty</surname><given-names>Shailaja</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>11</day><month>08</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>17</fpage><lpage>20</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Calcaneus is the largest tarsal bone designed to withstand the daily stresses of weight bearing. Bohler__ampersandsignrsquo;s and Gissane__ampersandsignrsquo;s angles are subtended by the Calcaneus, these angles are used in the assessment of Calcaneal fractures.&#13;
Objective: Measuring the Bohler__ampersandsignrsquo;s and Gissane__ampersandsignrsquo;s angles from computed ankle radiographs and comparing the results with previous studies.&#13;
Materials and Methods: This study was done in M.S. Ramaiah teaching hospital and M.S. Ramaiah memorial hospitals, Bangalore, India. Study was conducted on 92 patients older than 17 years. The angles were measured and the variation in range was compared with that of the previous studies.&#13;
Observation and Results: From this study it was observed that the Bohler__ampersandsignrsquo;s angle ranges between 18.7 __ampersandsignndash; 46.2 degrees. Gissane__ampersandsignrsquo;s angle ranges between 87.5 __ampersandsignndash; 137.8 degrees. The normal international reference values are; Bohler__ampersandsignrsquo;s angle 280 to 400 and Gissane__ampersandsignrsquo;s angle 1200 to 1400. The lower limit of Bohler__ampersandsignrsquo;s angle in our study group, like few other studies is found to be much less than the reference values which is used to diagnose Calcaneal fractures.&#13;
Conclusion: The range of Bohler__ampersandsignrsquo;s and Gissane__ampersandsignrsquo;s angles in the Indian population is much less when compared to the standard reference values, indicating that range of the angles is variable in different population groups. Hence knowledge of the exact range of the angles in a specific population group aids in accurate diagnosis and meticulous treatment of Calcaneal fractures.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Calcaneal angle</kwd><kwd> Measurement</kwd><kwd> Ankle fractures</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
