Mikulicz line
The Mikulicz line is also known as the lower limb support line. It runs from the center of the femoral head to the middle of the ankle roll or also described as a course from the center of rotation of the femoral head to the middle of the malleolar fork . In Anglo-Saxon literature, the line is often described from the middle of the inguinal ligament ( ligamentum inguinale ) to the middle of the upper ankle joint (articulatio talocruralis).
Ideally and physiologically, this line runs through the middle of the knee joint ( eminentia intercondylaris of the tibial plateau). A deviation of the middle of the knee from the Mikulicz line to the outside (lateral) is referred to as genu varum (bow-leg), a deviation of the middle of the knee inward (medial) is referred to as genu valgum ( knock-kneel leg).
It was named after the German-Polish surgeon Johann von Mikulicz (1850–1905).
literature
- Schünke (2007): Prometheus - Anatomy Learning Atlas "General Anatomy and Movement System", Thieme Verlag, p. 404
- Rauber, Kopsch (1998): "Human anatomy: textbook and atlas, volume 1, musculoskeletal system." 2nd edition: p. 536
- Niethard, Pfeil (1989): Textbook "Orthopädie", p. 166
- Niethard, Pfeil, Biberthaler: "Dual series of orthopedics and accident surgery", 6th edition, Thieme, 2009, ISBN 9783131308160 , p. 166 f.