 Posterior Cruciate Ligament
"Posterior Cruciate Ligament" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
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D016119
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514.600 A02.835.583.512.600
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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Posterior Cruciate Ligament" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Posterior Cruciate Ligament" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Posterior Cruciate Ligament" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Stronach BM, Adams JC, Jones LC, Farrell SM, Hydrick JM. The Effect of Sacrificing the Posterior Cruciate Ligament in Total Knee Arthroplasties That Use a Highly Congruent Polyethylene Component. J Arthroplasty. 2019 02; 34(2):286-289.
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Nuelle CW, Milles JL, Pfeiffer FM, Stannard JP, Smith PA, Kfuri M, Cook JL. Biomechanical Comparison of Five Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Techniques. J Knee Surg. 2017 Jul; 30(6):523-531.
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Milles JL, Nuelle CW, Pfeiffer F, Stannard JP, Smith P, Kfuri M, Cook JL. Biomechanical Comparison: Single-Bundle versus Double-Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Techniques. J Knee Surg. 2017 May; 30(4):347-351.
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