CT Pelvimetry
Publication date: September 28, 2012 | Updated on September 28, 2012
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Diagnosis
CT Pelvimetry
History
Measurement
From
To
Length
Transverse diameter
(of inlet)
Between extreme lateral points of pelvic inlet
13.5-14 cm
Oblique diameter I
Right sacroiliac joint
Left iliopubic eminence
12-12.5 cm
Oblique diameter II
Left sacroiliac joint
Right iliopubic eminence
11.5-12 cm
Anatomical conjugate
Pubic symphysis
Promontory
~12 cm
True conjugate
(obsteric conjugate)
Retropubic eminence
(posterior surface
of symphysis)
Promontory
11.5 cm
Diagonal conjugate*
Inferior pubic ligament
Promontory
13 cm
Straight conjugate
Lower border of symphysis
Tip of coccyx
9.5-10 cm
Median conjugate
Lower border of symphysis
Lower border of sacrum
11.5 cm
Transverse diameter
(of midpelvis)
Bispinous
> 10 cm
Transverse diameter
(of outlet)
Between ischial tuberosities
10-11 cm
Intertrochanteric distance
Between femurs
31 cm