The analysis of sacrum and coccyx length measured with computerized tomography images depending on sex

• Published in: Egyptian journal of forensic sciences 2021-07, Vol.11 (1), p.1-13, Article 14
• Main Authors: Bakici, Rukiye Sumeyye, Oner, Zulal, Oner, Serkan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Coccyx; Computerized tomography; Discriminant analysis; Forensic Medicine; Legal medicine; Linear discriminant analysis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Pathology; Sacrum; Sex estimation; Tomography
• ISSN: 2090-5939; 2090-536X; 2090-5939
• DOI: 10.1186/s41935-021-00227-5

Background Sex estimation is vital in establishing an accurate biological profile from the human skeleton, as sex influences the analysis of other elements in both Physical and Forensic Anthropology and Legal Medicine. The present study was conducted to analyze the sex differences between the sacrum and coccyx length based on the measurements calculated with computed tomography (CT) images. One hundred case images (50 females, 50 males) who were between the ages of 25 and 50 and admitted by the emergency department between September 2018 and June 2019 and underwent CT were included in the study. Eighteen lengths, 4 curvature lengths, and 2 regions were measured in sagittal, coronal and transverse planes with orthogonal adjustment for three times. Results It was stated that the mean anterior and posterior sacral length, anterior and posterior sacrococcygeal length, anterior and posterior sacral curvature length, anterior coccygeal curvature length, sacral area, lengths of transverse lines 1, 2, 3 and 4, sacral first vertebra transverse and sagittal length measurements were longer in males when compared to females (p