J Korean Radiol Soc.  1979 Jun;15(1):55-59. 10.3348/jkrs.1979.15.1.55.

Radiologic analysis of the medial collateral ligament rupture

• Cho CC
• Lee CJ
• Kim KS
• Park SS

• KMID: 2349350
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1979.15.1.55

Abstract

The medial collateral ligament rupture is the most common injury involving the knee joint ligaments. The ruptured medial colateral ligaments of 73 cases with clinical and surgical confirmations were radiologically analized. The results were obtained as follows; 1. The most risky age for tearing of the medial collateral ligament was third to fifth decades(50 cases of male and 23 of female). 2. The most common cause of the medial colateral ligament rupture was traffic accident (82.2%). 3. The mean distance of medial knee joint space was 7.9±2.0 mm. on the normal side and 13.7± 4.2 mm on the affected side. 4. The mean degree of knee joint space was 10.1±2.5 on the normal side and 14.7±3.8 on the affected side. 5. The fibular was the bone fractured most frequently in association with the medial collateral ligament rupture(30.6%).

MeSH Terms

Accidents, Traffic
Collateral Ligaments*
Humans
Knee Joint
Ligaments
Male
Rupture*
Tears