Which of the following is not true for various angles with the sites of fracture?.: (A) Kite's - club foot, (B) Gissan's - calcaneus, (C) Baumann - lateral condyle fracture of femur, (D) Cobb's - scoliosis
Answer is C. Baumann angle is for supracondylar fracture of humerus. Baumann's angle is created by drawing a line parallel to the longitudinal axis of the humeral shaft and a line along the lateral condylar physis as viewed on the AP image Normal is 70-75deg, but best judge is a comparison of the contralateral side Kite's angle calculated in club foot Cobb's - scoliosis Gissan's - calcaneus