AGES OF EPIPHYSEAL UNION AROUND WRIST JOINT - A RADIOLOGICAL STUDY

Age is an important parameter for medico-legal cases. Many times doctors are called upon togive opinion about age of a person. For this objective methods of age determination are required. Age of epiphyseal union is an objective important method of age determination. But these ages varies with racial, geographic, climatic and various other factors. These variations have suggested need of separate standards of ossification for separate regions. Present work is undertaken to work out ages of epiphyseal union around wrist joint for Vidarbha region. Study is carried out in total 80 healthy subjects (44 girls and 36 boys) aging from 13 to 23 years & having length of residence in Vidarbha not less than 10 years. The chronological age upto the day of examination is determined Er A-P view of right wrist joint is taken in each case. These radiographs are studied to determine age of union of epiphyses of lower end of radius Er lower end of ulna. These ages are compared with those reported from various states of India & also from other countries Er found to vary appreciably. Sexual dimorphism for ages of epiphyseal union is also studied.