Length of Human Vermiform Appendix in Bangladeshi People.
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2007-12
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The study was done to find out the length of human vermiform appendix in Bangladeshi people to
magnify the knowledge regarding the diverse length of human vermiform appendix in our population.
A total 100 vermiform appendix were measured with different age and sex during routine postmortem
examination in the autopsy laboratory of forensic medicine department of Mymensingh Medical
College. This cross sectional study was done by convenient sampling technique. For convenience of
differentiating the length of vermiform appendix in relation to different age and sex, findings were
classified in four groups (up to 20 years, 21 to 35 years, 36 to 55 years and 56 to 70 years).
Length of vermiform appendix was 2.6 cm to 14 cm. Mean length was 7.9 cm in female and 7.56 cm
in male. The highest mean length of vermiform appendix in group A was 9.17 cm and lowest was 5.93
cm in group D.
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Human Vermiform Appendix, Length; Bangladesh
Citation
Rahman MM, Khalil M, Khalil M, Hussain M, Rahman H R, Mannan S, Sultana S Z, Ahamed S. Length of Human Vermiform Appendix in Bangladeshi People. Journal of Bangladesh Society of Physiologists. 2007 Dec; 2(1): 13-16.