Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Test Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure. By: Bei Wu, PhD, and Gregory C. Pope, MS. Wu, B. & Pope, G.C. (2002). Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Test Rates for Medicare Heart Failure Patients.
The iliofemoral ligament is a main link between the two. Ligaments arenât meant to stretch but they can. If enough pressure is exerted on a ligament it can become overstretched or tear from poor mechanics or a blunt force injury like a torn acl in football. But ligaments can also become overstretched from poor posture.
It is not done arthroscopically, since this ligament is not inside the knee joint. If the medial collateral ligament has been torn where it attaches to the thighbone (femur) or shinbone (tibia), the surgeon will re-attach the ligament to the bone using large stitches or a metal screw or bone staple. If the tear was in the middle of the ligament, the surgeon will sew the torn ends together.