Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Morphology of the medial collateral ligament of the knee | Liu et al. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010 5 69 http content 5 1 69 JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND RESEARCH RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Morphology of the medial collateral ligament of the knee 12 1 13 1 1 Fang Liu Bing Yue Hemanth R Gadikota Michal Kozanek Wanjun Liu Thomas J Gill Harry E Rubash Guoan Li 1 Abstract Background Quantitative knowledge on the anatomy of the medial collateral ligament MCL is important for treatment of MCL injury and for MCL release during total knee arthroplasty TKA . The objective of this study was to quantitatively determine the morphology of the MCL of human knees. Methods 10 cadaveric human knees were dissected to investigate the MCL anatomy. The specimens were fixed in full extension and this position was maintained during the dissection and morphometric measurements. The outlines of the insertion sites of the superficial MCL sMCL and deep MCL dMCL were digitized using a 3D digitizing system. Results The insertion areas of the superficial MCL sMCL were mm2 and mm2 on the tibia and femur respectively. The insertion areas of the deep MCL dMCL were mm2 and mm2 on the tibia and femur respectively. The distances from the centroids of the tibial and femoral insertions of the sMCL to the tibial and femoral joint line were mm and mm respectively. The distances from the centroids of dMCL in the tibial insertion and the femoral insertion to the tibial and femoral joint line were mm and mm respectively. The distal portion of the dMCL meniscotibial ligament - MTL was approximately times wider than the proximal portion of the dMCL meniscofemoral ligament - MFL whereas the MFL was approximately 3 times longer than the MTL. Conclusions The morphologic data on the MCL may provide useful information for improving treatments of MCL-related pathology and performing MCL release during TKA. Introduction Medial collateral ligament .
