1869BigelowHJ

Fragments from the book Bigelow HJ. The mechanism of dislocation and fracture of the hip (1869). The author discusses broken of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in hip dislocations.

Quote p. 10

In the spring of 1861, having been led to expose a joint, the luxation of which had been the subject of a lecture, I was agreeably surprised to observe the simple action of the ligament, - a simplicity which subsequent experience has confirmed, and which strikingly explains the phenomena observed in the living subject (1).

The dislocated joint alluded to presented on examination the following appearances.

1. Great laceration of the muscles about the joint.

2. The ligamentum teres broken.

3. Laceration of the inner, outer, and lower parts of the capsule.

4. The anterior and upper parts of the capsule uninjured, and presenting a strong fibrous band, fan-shaped and forked.

Quote p. 18

FIG. 1. — The Y ligament, showing its inner and outer fasciculi. The former is known as the ilio-femoral ligament, the ligament of Bertin, etc. This specimen showed the interval between the two fasciculi. (From a photograph in 1861.)

Quote p. 21

LIGAMENTUM TERES

Little can be added to the excellent paper of Mr. Struthers (1) upon the function of this ligament. When the limb is bent upon the body, it hinders eversion, thus opposing the action of the sartorius muscle, and hindering, in this position, dislocation upon the thyroid foramen. It is not, however, possessed of much strength, is ruptured in all the complete and sudden dislocations, and according to Cruveilhier, is often undeveloped and sometimes wanting.

1) Edin. Med. Journal, Nov. 1858, p. 434.

External links

Bigelow HJ. The mechanism of dislocation and fracture of the hip: With the Reduction of the Dislocations by the Flexion Method. Philadelphia: H.C. Lea, 1869. [books.google]

Authors & Affiliations

Henry Jacob Bigelow (1818-1890) was an American surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Harvard University. [wikipedia.org]

Henry Jacob Bigelow (ca. 1854)
Author: unidentified artist; original in the wikipedia.org collection
(CC0 – Public Domain, no changes).

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, dislocation, damage

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