"Collateral Ligaments" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A number of ligaments on either side of, and serving as a radius of movement of, a joint having a hingelike movement. They occur at the elbow, knee, wrist, metacarpo- and metatarsophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, and distal interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D017885
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514.162 A02.835.583.512.162 A10.165.669.514.162
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| Concept/Terms |
Collateral Ligaments- Collateral Ligaments
- Ligaments, Collateral
- Collateral Ligament
- Ligament, Collateral
Lateral Ligaments- Lateral Ligaments
- Lateral Ligament
- Ligament, Lateral
- Ligaments, Lateral
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Collateral Ligaments" by people in Profiles.
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Samuel AM, Diaz-Collado PJ, Szolomayer LK, Wiznia DH, Chan WW, Lukasiewicz AM, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Grauer JN. Incidence of and Risk Factors for Knee Collateral Ligament Injuries With Proximal Tibia Fractures: A Study of 32,441 Patients. Orthopedics. 2018 Mar 01; 41(2):e268-e276.
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Busconi BD, Pappas AM. Chronic, painful ankle instability in skeletally immature athletes. Ununited osteochondral fractures of the distal fibula. Am J Sports Med. 1996 Sep-Oct; 24(5):647-51.