Anterior Cruciate Ligament
"Anterior 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 posteromedial portion of the lateral condyle of the femur, passes anteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the depression in front of the intercondylar eminence of the tibia.
| Descriptor ID |
D016118
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514.100 A02.835.583.512.100 A10.165.669.514.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Anterior Cruciate Ligament- Anterior Cruciate Ligament
- Anterior Cranial Cruciate Ligament
- Cranial Cruciate Ligament
- Cranial Cruciate Ligaments
- Cruciate Ligament, Cranial
- Cruciate Ligaments, Cranial
- Ligament, Cranial Cruciate
- Ligaments, Cranial Cruciate
- Cruciate Ligament, Anterior
- Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
- Cruciate Ligaments, Anterior
- Ligament, Anterior Cruciate
- Ligaments, Anterior Cruciate
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anterior Cruciate Ligament" by people in Profiles.
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Autograft Versus Allograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study With a Minimum 10-Year Follow-up. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Oct; 43(10):2501-9.
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Allograft compared with autograft infection rates in primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Oct 20; 92(14):2402-8.
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Tensioning of anterior cruciate ligament hamstring grafts: comparing equal tension versus equal stress. Arthroscopy. 2008 Dec; 24(12):1323-9.
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Intraoperative anterior cruciate ligament graft contamination. Arthroscopy. 2007 Mar; 23(3):329-31.
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Effects of age and ACL reconstruction on quadriceps gamma loop function. J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2006; 29(1):28-34.
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Displaced nonunion patellar fracture following use of a patellar tendon autograft for ACL reconstruction: case report. J Knee Surg. 2005 Apr; 18(2):131-4.
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Revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with nonirradiated fresh-frozen patellar tendon allograft. Arthroscopy. 2004 Oct; 20(8):787-94.
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Mucoid degeneration of the anterior cruciate ligament: a case report. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2004 Aug; 97(8):326-8.
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Development of an extensive patellar osteophyte following ACL reconstruction. J Knee Surg. 2004 Jul; 17(3):172-4.
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Transtibial tubercle fixation without hardware for anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A new technique. Arthroscopy. 2004 Jul; 20 Suppl 2:164-70.