Posterior intermalleolar ligament: History – Anatomy – Clinical importance
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuspru.2025.10.007" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.fuspru.2025.10.007</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Posterior intermalleolar ligament: History – Anatomy – Clinical importance
Original language description
Introduction: The posterior intermalleolar ligament (IML), although first described already 280 years ago, it is, however, still an unknown structure for many anatomists and orthopedic surgeons. Materials and methods: A literature search of original publications and historical sources was performed without language restrictions. Results: The intermalleolar ligament, first described by Weitbrecht in 1742, is a variable, but constant structure reinforcing the posterior capsule of the ankle joint. Many French anatomists described and depicted this ligament in detail, which they called "faisceau accessoire", or "faisceau tibial du ligament péronéo-astragalien postérieur". In 1951, Georges Paturet introduced the term "faisceau intermalléolaire postérieur". Sarrafian, in 1983, adopted Paturets description of the IML and called it the "posterior intermalleolar ligament". This term has gradually become domesticated in the English literature, primarily thanks to Rosenberg et al., who, in 1995, published the first anatomical and MRI study of the IML. Conclusion: The IML is a highly variable ligament reinforcing the posterior articular capsule of the ankle joint, passing between the posterior tibiofibular ligament and the posterior talofibular ligament. It can be visualized by MRI and is visible during posterior arthroscopy of the ankle. Its clinical importance lies in the fact that it may contribute to posterior impingement of the ankle joint.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30106 - Anatomy and morphology (plant science to be 1.6)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/NU22-10-00240" target="_blank" >NU22-10-00240: Severe types of ankle fracture-dislocations (Maisonneuve and Bosworth fractures) - diagnostics, pathoanatomy, treatment, complications.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Fuß & Sprunggelenk
ISSN
1619-9987
e-ISSN
1619-9995
Volume of the periodical
23
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
235-241
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105021850816