%0 Journal Article
%T Morphological and morphometric analysis of oblique popliteal ligament in North Indian population: a cadaveric study.
%A Kancharla E
%A Jeph RB
%A Ravichandran S
%A Mehta V
%A Loh HK
%J Surg Radiol Anat
%V 46
%N 4
%D 2024 Apr 15
%M 38358515
%F 1.354
%R 10.1007/s00276-023-03288-4
%X <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>To study the morphology and the morphometry of the oblique popliteal ligament (OPL).<BR><B>METHODS: </B>Thirty cadaver knees were dissected to study the morphology and morphometry of the OPL. For the measurement of the morphology of the OPL a standard tape and the vernier callipers were used.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>Out of 30 specimens 14 were Y shaped, 10 were band shaped, and 6 were Z shaped observed. Total length was measured on both the limbs, on the right side it was 4.5 ± 0.4 cm and on the left side 4.5 ± 0.5 cm was recorded. Width at the medial attachment was also measured on both the limbs, on the right side it was 4.6 ± 0.5 cm and on the left side 4.7 ± 0.5 cm was recorded. And width at the lateral attachment was recorded too, on the right side it was 4 ± 0.3 cm and on the left side it was 4 ± 0.3 cm. Width at the midpoint was recorded as on the right side 3.5 ± 0.2 cm and on the left side 3.5 ± 0.2 cm.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>The OPL is a thick ligament that arises as an extension of the semimembranosus, and it exists in various morphology which includes band, Y, Z, complex shapes.