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Q: Ligament-fovea Capitis

asked by: duncan11 on October 23rd, 2005

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Hi,

i was wondering if anyone knows how this ligament is re-attached when the head of the femur has been replaced. It attaches to a spot, called the fovea capitis on the head of the femur. So, if the head is repalced with a ceramic ball or metal, how do they attach that ligament?

Thanks duncan

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JasonAnthony29

replied on October 25th, 2005

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Re: Ligament-fovea Capitis

duncan11 wrote:

hi,

i was wondering if anyone knows how this ligament is re-attached when the head of the femur has been replaced. It attaches to a spot, called the fovea capitis on the head of the femur. So, if the head is repalced with a ceramic ball or metal, how do they attach that ligament?

Thanks duncan

that's a good question duncan. A question that I don't have an answer to. Hopefully someone with the knowledge about this topic will respond so that we both will know. This is a pretty good health forum, but alot of times there's not many people who respond. And that's a shame.

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