Autologous costochondral junctions have been used for decades as a source for osseo-cartilaginous grafts used in reconstructive surgery.
In this study, cadaveric dissection is combined with CT imaging to identify the location of the 8th and 9th costochondral junctions and their relation to the surrounding anatomical landmarks and to provide topographic guidance for its harvesting as a graft and to minimize complications of the harvesting procedure.
The aim of this study is to describe the anatomy of the 8th and 9th costochondral junctions and its relation to the surrounding anatomical landmarks by cadaveric dissection and computed tomography imaging
Cadavers: Twelve preserved human cadavers (Eight males and four females) obtained from the morgue of the Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University.
Radiological Images: Fifty retrospective thoracic Computed tomography images of living humans (Twenty-five males and twenty-five females) obtained from the database of the Radiology Department of Alexandria Main University Hospital.