The medial collateral ... connects the top of the tibia, or shinbone, to the bottom of the femur, or thighbone. An injury to the MCL is often called an MCL sprain. Ligament injuries can either ...

The medial collateral ligament (MCL ... of the medial side of the knee against valgus and external rotatory stress. The anterior fibers of the ligament tighten as the knee flexes with the fibers ...

Releasing the medial collateral ligament (MCL ... to individualize the valgus resection angle and bony resection depth. Surgeons should resect the bone growth on the tibia and femur, particularly ...

A medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear affects the inside of the knee. The tough MCL ligament fibers that connect the end of the femur (thigh bone) and the top of the tibia (shin bone ...

The images were reviewed with specific reference to the medial collateral ligament (MCL), a heretofore ... that while the MCL plays no role in maintaining patellar stability, its role as the primary ...

It helps connect your thigh bone (femur) to your shin bone (tibia). It works with another ... The two other ligaments in your knee, the medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral collateral ...

The term “medial elbow-stress syndrome” was described as a unifying concept. 3 Anatomically, it was believed that valgus stress led to a sequential failure of the medial elbow musculature, the ulnar ...

Medial ligament advancement distally of the tibia ... severe valgus deformity. Clin Orthop. 1998;356:165 Elevation of the square bone plug and locked loop sutures in the medial collateral ligament.