Henle’s Ligament: A Comprehensive Review of Its Anatomy and Terminology over Almost One and a Half Centuries

Henle’s ligament was first described by German physician and anatomist, Friedrich Henle, in 1871. This review article will cover Henle’s original description of the ligament, historical changes in terminology, embryological studies of the ligament, and the clinical significance of Henle’s ligament....

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Autores principales: Gnanadev, Raja, Iwanaga, Joe, Oskouian, Rod J, Loukas, Marios, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6257517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30510876
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3366
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Sumario:Henle’s ligament was first described by German physician and anatomist, Friedrich Henle, in 1871. This review article will cover Henle’s original description of the ligament, historical changes in terminology, embryological studies of the ligament, and the clinical significance of Henle’s ligament. This article has a particular focus on the variation in the terminology of this structure and the implications of this.

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