Humeral transepicondylar distance
Humeral transepicondylar distance
- Acronym: HTED
Definition
The humeral transepicondylar distance is a landmark used for standardization of straight positioning of the canine humerus in the frontal plane. It is determined from a cranio-caudal radiograph of the humerus. It allows to calculate the elbow rotational position.
The humeral transepicondylar distance is the total distance between the medial epicondyle and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus.
References
Goodrich et al. Thoracic Limb Alignment in Healthy Labrador Retrievers: Evaluation of Standing Versus Recumbent Frontal Plane Radiography. Veterinary Surgery 43 (2014) 791–803. DOI:10.1111/j.1532-950X.2014.12140.x
