Keishiro Kikuchi, Gerrit T Holleman, Juan J Cardona, Emma R Lesser, Chung Yoh Kim, Kosuke Tabuchi, Koichi Watanabe, Joe Iwanaga, R Shane Tubbs
The femoral epicondyle is an anatomical bony landmark essential for surgeons and anatomists, but there are discrepancies between the two fields when using this term. In current orthopedic surgery, it commonly denotes the small bony prominence of the femoral condyle. Given the derivation, "epicondyle" should be a region projecting laterally from the articular surface rather than a point. These discrepancies in usage are found not only between the fields but also in the literature. This article reviews the narrative definition of "epicondyle of the femur" in surgery and the evolution of the term in anatomy...
March 23, 2024: Clinical Anatomy