Posterior Cruciate Ligament
"Posterior Cruciate Ligament" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A strong ligament of the knee that originates from the anterolateral surface of the medial condyle of the femur, passes posteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia.
| Descriptor ID |
D016119
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514.600 A02.835.583.512.600 A10.165.669.514.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Posterior Cruciate Ligament- Posterior Cruciate Ligament
- Cruciate Ligament, Posterior
- Cruciate Ligaments, Posterior
- Ligament, Posterior Cruciate
- Ligaments, Posterior Cruciate
- Posterior Cruciate Ligaments
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Posterior Cruciate Ligament" by people in Profiles.
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Posterior cruciate ligament resection in total knee arthroplasty: the effect on flexion-extension gaps, mediolateral laxity, and fixed flexion deformity. Bone Joint J. 2019 10; 101-B(10):1230-1237.
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Single- and Bicomponent Analyses of T2? Relaxation in Knee Tendon and Ligament by Using 3D Ultrashort Echo Time Cones (UTE Cones) Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Biomed Res Int. 2019; 2019:8597423.
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Supine lateral radiographs at 90° of knee flexion have a similar diagnostic accuracy for chronic posterior cruciate ligament injuries as stress radiographs. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Aug; 27(8):2433-2439.
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Middle patellar tendon to posterior cruciate ligament (PT-PCL) and normalized PT-PCL: New magnetic resonance indices for tibial tubercle position in patients with patellar instability. Knee. 2018 Oct; 25(5):799-806.
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Posterior Condyle Offset and Maximum Knee Flexion Following a Cruciate Retaining Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Knee Surg. 2019 Feb; 32(2):146-152.