Chronic medial knee instability is frequently due to a combination of superficial medial collateral ligament (sMCL) and posterior oblique ligament (POL) insufficiency. We present a new technique for simultaneous anatomical reconstruction of sMCL and POL, using an anterior tibialis tendon allograft with three reconstruction tunnels.

The authors report a case of a patient that was submitted to a surgery of reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament and collateral medial ligament repair of the left knee that complicated to a compartment syndrome.

A 41-year-old female runner presented to the sports medicine clinic for evaluation of bilateral medial knee pain, left greater than right. Physical examination demonstrated tenderness to palpation over the central aspect of the medial collateral ligament. Anteroposterior and lateral standing knee films were unremarkable. The patient received a corticosteroid injection over the tibial collateral...

Coronoid process fractures are reported to occur from avulsion by the brachialis muscle or to be associated with elbow dislocations. We report a rare case of coronoid process fracture due to avulsion by the anterior bundle of the medial collateral ligament rendering the elbow unstable. In children, small fracture fragments of the coronoid process (types 1 & 2) are in reality often much larger b...

OBJECTIVES Digital infrared thermographic imaging (DITI) has been used widely for various inflammatory diseases, circulatory diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases and cancers. In cases of ligament injury, obviously the temperature of the damaged area increases due to local inflammation; however, whether the temperature also increases due to DITI has not been determined. The purpose ...

The purpose in this investigation was to determine the biochemical composition of the normal rabbit medial collateral ligament (MCL) along its length during growth and maturation. Water content and hexosamine concentration as an index of glycosaminoglycan content and collagen concentration were quantified and results compared statistically for anatomically identified MCL segments at various age...

PURPOSE To assess the effect of each step of medial soft-tissue releases on the joint gap angle during posterior-stabilised total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS 82 women and 9 men (mean age, 72 years) with medial osteoarthritic knees underwent 100 posterior-stabilised TKAs, in which release of superficial fibres of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) were required using the gap control tec...

The medial collateral ligament (MCL) is the most frequently injured ligament in the knee, with mild-to-moderate tears often going unreported to physicians. Medial collateral ligament injuries can result from both contact and noncontact sporting activities. The mainstay of treatment is nonoperative; however, operative management of symptomatic grade II and grade III injuries is considered when l...

We treated post-traumatic contracture of the elbow in 13 consecutive patients (14 elbows) by operative release. Through a single medial approach, the posterior oblique bundle of the medial collateral ligament was resected, followed by posterior and anterior capsulectomies. An additional lateral release through a separate incision was required in only four elbows. The results were assessed at a ...