The medial collateral ligament (MCL) provides the principal stability to valgus stresses. Deformity of the knee causes the soft-tissue imbalances that require correction during total knee ...

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 past decade has seen several advances in the understanding, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of knee instabilities ... the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the posterior cruciate ...

The images were reviewed with specific reference to the medial collateral ligament (MCL), a heretofore undescribed ... lateral subluxation of the patella compared with the contralateral knee, second ...

These tissues are the superficial and deep medial collateral ligament and posterior oblique ligament. From Krackow KA. The Technique of Total Knee Arthroplasty. St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby Co.: 1990 ...