1993
DOI: 10.1159/000292669
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Fetal Metatarsal Length: An Accurate Predictor of Gestational Age and Weight in the Ovine Fetus

Abstract: Accurate assessment of gestational age and fetal weight in the pregnant ewe is important in both acute and longitudinal perinatal studies. We describe two morphometric methods based on the length of the fetal metatarsal bone. These measurements can be made intraoperatively or at postmortem. Metatarsal bone lengths can be used to better predict gestational age and fetal weight than previously described methods.

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“…The size and morphological characteristics of many of the osteological immature (with unfused epiphyses) specimens showed the recovery of foetuses, generally in the last weeks of gestation, as well as neonates [48][49][50]. Given the difficulty in separating these remains, they were binned into the perinatal group.…”
Section: Estimation Of Age-at-death Patternsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The size and morphological characteristics of many of the osteological immature (with unfused epiphyses) specimens showed the recovery of foetuses, generally in the last weeks of gestation, as well as neonates [48][49][50]. Given the difficulty in separating these remains, they were binned into the perinatal group.…”
Section: Estimation Of Age-at-death Patternsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Asimismo, se observa un núcleo de osificación en el calcáneo, siendo este hueso referencial en la descripción de la osificación fetal en humanos, donde aparece a las 26 semanas (168 días aproximadamente), determinado mediante ecografía transabdominal (Gentili et al, 1984). Se puede observar un incremento gradual y proporcional en la longitud de los huesos largos; sin embargo, el mayor incremento ocurre entre los 220 a 280 días de gestación, lo cual estaría indicando que en esos días se estaría produciendo el mayor desarrollo óseo y fetal en general, similar a lo descrito en ovinos (Mufti et al, 2000); además que este crecimiento está muy relacionado a la edad gestacional, como fue descrito en ovinos, principalmente los metatarsos (Santucci et al, 1993).…”
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