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Injury to the Medial Collateral Ligament of the Knee [OCOSH Code: C21.866.558.554_WI_LI_K_L_MCL]

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Collateral Ligament Pathology Knee eMedicine Orthopedics

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic473.htm

The medial and lateral collateral ligaments of the knee are 2 distinct entities, are injured by different mechanisms, and often generate different algorithms for treatment. Treatment of these structures, when the injury is isolated, often is conservative and involves brief protection and functional rehabilitation. In lateral-sided injuries, other structures, such...
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Medial Collateral and Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury eMedicine PMR

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Medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) injuries of the knee are common. The MCL and LCL provide restraint to valgus and varus angulation of the knee respectively. The MCL has both superficial and deep components. The superficial MCL fibers attach to the medial femoral epicondyle proximally and...
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Medial collateral ligament sprain of the knee Orthopaedia

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A sprain of the medial collateral ligament is a disruption of the connection between the medial femur and the medial tibia. Like all other ligament injuries, these are graded one, two, and three, corresponding to mild injuries with no objective laxity, those with some laxity, with the ligaments still in...
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