New publications of our resource July 14, 2025 1930PhemisterDB . The author discusses the involvement of the LCF arteries in the blood supply and metaplasia of the femoral head. 1934WaldenstromJ The author suggests a connection between damage to the vessels of the LCF and the phenomena of aseptic necrosis of the femoral head during epiphysiolysis. July 10, 2025 1910BrausH The author briefly discusses the pathological changes of the LCF in congenital hip dislocation. 1921BrausH The author describes the anatomy, attachment, shape, properties and changes in pathology of the LCF. July 9, 2025 1895SiraudM The author discusses the involvement of the LCF arteries in the blood supply of the femoral head. 1865MartinF_CollineauAC The book discusses the role of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) and its changes in hip joint pathology. July 8, 2025 Tweet of July 8 2025 1844NelatonA. According to the author, the LCF does not hold the fem...
Article
citation: Waldenstrom H. Necrosis of the
Femoral Epiphysis owing to Insufficient Nutrition from the Ligamentum Teres. A
Clinical Study mainly based on Experiences of the Treatment of Epiphyseolysis Capitis
Femoris. (1934). The author suggests a
connection between damage to the vessels of the ligamentum capitis femoris
(LCF) and the phenomena of aseptic necrosis of the femoral head during
epiphysiolysis. The text in Russian is available at the following link: 1934WaldenstromJ.
Citation.
Waldenstrom (1934) suggested that the changes characteristic of aseptic necrosis in epiphysiolysis were caused by surgical dissection or rupture of the vessels of the round ligament (1949TuckerFR).
External links
Waldenstrom
H. Necrosis of the Femoral Epiphysis
owing to Insufficient Nutrition from the Ligamentum Teres. A Clinical Study
mainly based on Experiences of the Treatment of Epiphyseolysis Capitis Femoris.
Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica. 1934;75:185.
Tucker FR. Arterial
supply at the femoral head and its clinical importance. The Journal of
Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume. 1949;31(1)82-93. citeseerx.ist.psu.edu
Authors & Affiliations
Johan Henning Waldenström
(1877-1972) was a Swedish orthopedist and professor of orthopedics at the
Karolinska Institute. wikipedia.org
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, anatomy, blood supply, aseptic necrosis, pathology
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