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Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Knee

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Medial collateral ligament (MCL) injuries are common injuries seen in athletics and trauma. Isolated MCL injuries can frequently be treated nonoperatively with good clinical outcomes. Certain features of MCL injuries such as far distal injuries, entrapment within the medial compartment of the knee, and combined ligamentous injuries necessitate operative treatment. The following chapter reviews MCL injuries with image correlations in a case-based manner.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Gehron P. Treme, Kathryn Yeager & Audrey Wassef

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Treme, G.P., Yeager, K., Wassef, A. (2022). Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Knee. In: Werner, B.C. (eds) MRI-Arthroscopy Correlations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94789-7_7

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