Anterior Cruciate Ligament
"Anterior 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 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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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 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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Combined tibial plateau levelling osteotomy and tibial tuberosity transposition for treatment of cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency with concomitant medial patellar luxation. Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2016 Nov 23; 29(6):536-540.
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Incidence and trends of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the United States. Am J Sports Med. 2014 Oct; 42(10):2363-70.
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Does ACL reconstruction alter natural history?: A systematic literature review of long-term outcomes. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Feb 19; 96(4):292-300.
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Bony incorporation of soft tissue anterior cruciate ligament grafts in an animal model: autograft versus allograft with low-dose gamma irradiation. Am J Sports Med. 2012 Aug; 40(8):1789-98.
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Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: can anatomic femoral placement be achieved with a transtibial technique? Am J Sports Med. 2011 Jun; 39(6):1306-15.
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Spontaneous and experimental osteoarthritis in dog: similarities and differences in proteoglycan levels. J Orthop Res. 2003 Jul; 21(4):730-7.