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Online Journal «ABOUT ROUND LIGAMENT OF FEMUR», August 2025

 

The journal is dedicated to the
ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF)
and related topics


 

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The online journal «About Round Ligament of Femur» was created based on the scientific blog of the same name. The resource is the English-language part of the project: 


Updates: As new materials are prepared.
Mission: Popularization and preservation of knowledge about LCF, as well as promoting its practical application.
Main goal: Improvement of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of injuries and diseases of the hip joint.
Publisher: Arkhipov S.V., independent researcher, PhD, orthopedic surgeon.
Reviewers:
  1. Grok, an artificial intelligence developed by xAI.
  2. ChatGPT, a language model trained by OpenAI to assist with text analysis and editing. 



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23.08.2025 
1926HeyGrovesEH The author proposes fixation of the femoral head by creating a LCF from the joint capsule during reduction of congenital hip dislocation. 
1927HeyGrovesEH The author describes fixation of the femoral head by creating a LCF from the joint capsule during reduction of congenital hip dislocation. 
1968TrevorD The author discusses E. Hey Groves's operation for reconstruction of the LCF in the reduction of congenital hip dislocation.

   



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16.08.2025 
1869BirkettJ The author described the damage of the LCF and its strength when observing a fracture-dislocation of the femoral head.
08.08.2025 
1839VrolikG The author discusses the role of the LCF in blood supply and its alteration in congenital hip dislocation.




Biblical damage »»»                                                                                  .


10.08. 2025
18c.Italian_School Painting. Drawing depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the LCF injury.
1922MayM Painting. Drawing depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the LCF injury.
1930ShagallM Gouache. Drawing depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the LCF injury.
1920WalachJ Engraving. Drawing depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the LCF injury.
17c.SoleGG Painting, Drawing depicting the circumstances and mechanism of the LCF injury.




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31.08.2025 
29.08.2025 
TeresI — a small ligament of the hip joint. Publications on the author's YouTube channel. 


30.08.2025 


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02.08.2025 
1802CamperP The author discusses the absence and unknown role of the LCF in the elephant and some monkeys.
01.08.2025
1803CamperP The author discusses the absence and unknown role of LCF in the orangutan, elephant, and sloth. 
1824MeckelJF The author notes the absence of LCF in orangutans, three-toed sloths and turtles. 
1898LeiseringAGT The author describes the LCF in the horse and its accessory ligament.




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01.08.2025 LCF in 2025 (July) Quotes from articles and books published in July 2025 mentioning the ligamentum capitis femoris. 




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