Ligaments

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A dual-institution randomized controlled trial of remnant closure after distal pancreatectomy: does the addition of a falciform patch and fibrin glue improve outcomes? 
  • A single integral finite strain viscoelastic model of ligaments and tendons. 
  • Anatomic relationships of infracoccygeal sacropexy (posterior intravaginal slingplasty) trocar insertion. 
  • Anatomical correction of vaginal vault prolapse by uterosacral ligament fixation in women who also require a pubovaginal sling. 
  • Anatomy and pathomechanics of the thumb. 
  • Apical prolapse. 
  • Bilateral uterosacral ligament vaginal vault suspension with site-specific endopelvic fascia defect repair for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Calcification of entheses associated with X-linked hypophosphatemic osteomalacia. 
  • Carpal ligamentous disruptions and negative ulnar variance. 
  • Comparison of Acute Histologic and Biomechanical Effects of Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoablation on Periarticular Structures in a Swine Model. 
  • Complication from combined use of capsule retractors and capsular tension rings in zonular dehiscence. 
  • Concomitant Anterior Repair, Preoperative Prolapse Severity, and Anatomic Prolapse Outcomes After Vaginal Apical Procedures. 
  • Effect of Uterosacral Ligament Suspension vs Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation With or Without Perioperative Behavioral Therapy for Pelvic Organ Vaginal Prolapse on Surgical Outcomes and Prolapse Symptoms at 5 Years in the OPTIMAL Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of Vaginal Mesh Hysteropexy vs Vaginal Hysterectomy With Uterosacral Ligament Suspension on Treatment Failure in Women With Uterovaginal Prolapse: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Factors influencing the long-term behavior of extracellular matrix-derived scaffolds for musculoskeletal soft tissue repair. 
  • Factors predictive of poorer outcomes in the surgical repair of multiligament knee injuries. 
  • Familial calcification of the superior transverse scapular ligament causing neuropathy. 
  • In situ images of the thoracic paravertebral space. 
  • In vivo measurement of ACL length and relative strain during walking. 
  • Integrative biomechanics: a paradigm for clinical applications of fundamental mechanics. 
  • Intrarater and interrater reliability and validity in the assessment of the mechanism of injury and integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex: a novel injury severity scoring system for thoracolumbar injuries. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting On Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2005. 
  • Isolation and purification of canine adipose microvascular endothelial cells. 
  • Leiomyoma involving the gastrocolic ligament: CT demonstration. 
  • Letter to the Editor. Proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure. 
  • Ligament versus bone cell identity in the zebrafish hyoid skeleton is regulated by mef2ca. 
  • Ligament-derived matrix stimulates a ligamentous phenotype in human adipose-derived stem cells. 
  • Lower extremity stiffness: implications for performance and injury. 
  • MRI of spring ligament tears. 
  • Mechanical evidence of cervical facet capsule injury during whiplash: a cadaveric study using combined shear, compression, and extension loading. 
  • Native Tissue Prolapse Repairs: Comparative Effectiveness Trials. 
  • Neural entrapment during uterosacral ligament suspension: an anatomic study of female cadavers. 
  • Post-traumatic pneumatocele in the inferior pulmonary ligament. 
  • Results of acute arthroscopically repaired triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries associated with intra-articular distal radius fractures. 
  • Strains and sprains in athletes. 
  • Stylohyoid ligament calcification as a cause of difficult intubation? 
  • Surgical management of the apical vaginal defect. 
  • Techniques for managing anatomic variations in primary total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Tensile mechanical properties of the perinatal and pediatric PMHS osteoligamentous cervical spine. 
  • Tension and combined tension-extension structural response and tolerance properties of the human male ligamentous cervical spine. 
  • The Development of a Xenograft-Derived Scaffold for Tendon and Ligament Reconstruction Using a Decellularization and Oxidation Protocol. 
  • The cervical facet capsule and its role in whiplash injury: a biomechanical investigation. 
  • The prediction of stress-relaxation of ligaments and tendons using the quasi-linear viscoelastic model. 
  • The quantification of the origin area of the deep forearm musculature on the interosseous ligament. 
  • The role of torsion in cervical spine trauma. 
  • Thrombocytopenia in association with a wandering spleen. 
  • Tissue remodeling in the female reproductive tract--a complex process becomes more complex: the role of Hox genes. 
  • Vaginal Uterosacral Ligament Suspension: A Retrospective Cohort of Absorbable and Permanent Suture Groups. 
  • Vaginal prolapse recurrence after uterosacral ligament suspension in normal-weight compared with overweight and obese women. 
  • What do we really know about allografts? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Nielsen, Karen Cristina, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Ambulatory
  • Nightingale, Roger W, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering