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ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2017

Anterolateral ligament anatomy: a comparative anatomical study.

Sheila Jean McNeill Ingham, Rogerio Teixeira de Carvalho, Cesar A Q Martins, Pisit Lertwanich, Rene Jorge Abdalla, Patrick Smolinski, C Owen Lovejoy, Freddie H Fu

Abstract readComparative Study
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Article in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Notchplasty alters knee biomechanics after anatomic ACL reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020
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  4. Ultrastructural Assessment of the Anterolateral Ligament.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2019
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  9. Anterolateral Ligament Expert Group consensus paper on the management of internal rotation and instability of the anterior cruciate ligament - deficient knee.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2017
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  10. Historical perspective on the "discovery" of the anterolateral ligament of the knee.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sheila Jean McNeill InghamDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3471 Fifth Avenue, suite #1011, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-3221, USA.
Rogerio Teixeira de CarvalhoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Cesar A Q MartinsDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3471 Fifth Avenue, suite #1011, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-3221, USA.
Pisit LertwanichDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3471 Fifth Avenue, suite #1011, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-3221, USA.
Rene Jorge AbdallaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Patrick SmolinskiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
C Owen LovejoyDepartment of Anthropology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA.
Freddie H FuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3471 Fifth Avenue, suite #1011, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-3221, USA. ffu@upmc.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BRKent State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSome anatomical studies have indicated that the anterolateral ligament (ALL) of the knee is distinct ligamentous structure in humans. The purpose of this study is to compare the lateral anatomy of the knee among human and various animal specimens.

methodsFifty-eight fresh-frozen knee specimens, from 24 different animal species, were used for this anatomical study. The same researchers dissected all the specimens in this study, and dissections were performed in a careful and standardized manner.

resultsAn ALL was not found in any of the 58 knees dissected. Another interesting finding in this study is that some primate species (the prosimians: the red and black and white lemurs) have two LCLs.

conclusionThe clinical relevance of this study is the lack of isolation of the ALL as a unique structure in animal species. Therefore, precaution is recommended before assessing the need for surgery to reconstruct the ALL as a singular ligament.

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AnimalsHumansKnee JointLigaments, ArticularAnatomical studyAnterolateral ligamentComparative anatomyKnee

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PMID26713325
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