Torn ligament

Ligaments , ligament rupture or ligament injury refers to the partial to complete tearing ( rupture ) of a joint tape .

A ligament rupture is also known as desmorrhexis ( δεσμός , ligament; ῥῆξις rupture).

Symptoms typically include local pain , characteristic functional failures and, depending on the location, typical phenomena such as the ability to open the joint or a drawer phenomenon .

Typical ligament injuries:

• External ligament rupture of the upper ankle joint
• Collateral ligament tear on the knee
• Torn cruciate ligament on the knee
• Tear of the ulnar collateral ligament as part of an elbow dislocation
• Collateral ligament rupture of the thumb in the thumb joint ("ski thumb")
• complex ligament tear in the wrist

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• Keyword torn ligament . Roche Lexicon Medicine, 5th edition. Urban & Fischer 2003 - online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robley Dunglison: Medical Lexicon , Blanchard, 1839. p.195

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