ABOUT ROUND LIGAMENT OF FEMUR (ligament of head of femur)

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CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT

(Medication, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy...)

The First Conservative Treatment The first attempt at treating post-traumatic changes in LCF with recurrent hip dislocations was made by Galen of Pergamon 19 centuries ago and described it in «Hippocratis de articulis liber et Galeni in eum commentarius quatus».
300-100bcHeracleides Tarentinus The author discusses the connective function of the LCF, as well as its damage in hip dislocation and pathological transformation.
25bc-50Celsus The author recommends specific treatment for the traumatic pathology of LCF.
1579PareA The author discusses the attachment, pathology, and treatment of abnormal LCF in hip dislocation.
1829KühnCG Galen writes about anatomy, topography, function, changes in painful conditions and injuries of the LCF, as well as the first method of conservative treatment of its pathology.

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The First Conservative Treatment

Conservative treatment of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) pathology is, without exaggeration, a highly complex subject. We understand how to repair LCF surgically, although we have not yet achieved significant success in this (2024). Methods of drug therapy for changes in LCF are not even discussed today. The first attempt at treating post-traumatic changes in LCF with recurrent hip dislocations was made by Galen of Pergamon (129-210/217 AD) over 19 centuries ago. In Hippocratis de articulis liber et Galeni in eum commentarius quatus (IV, 40) , he wrote: « And when mucus builds up in the joint, then the ligament [LCF] softens and weakens as a result. And it does not matter whether you call it a ligament ( σύνδεσμον ) or a connecting sinew ( νεῦρον συνδετικόν ). For those ligaments that have a rounded shape like tendons are usually called connecting sinews by anatomists. And we have already cured this kind of hip dislocation twice, and it did not dislocate again. Drying medica...