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Morphology of the ligaments located on the medial side of the ankle and on the plantar surface of the foot

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To have biodynamic features, the feet have bones located in a special posture, the joints that keep together those bones, the ligaments that provide linkage to those joints, and tendons of muscles particularly which end the foot. This study aimed to research the morphology of the medial side and plantar ligaments. The study was conducted on a total of 30 feet belonging to 2 women and 13 men cadavers that exist at the Anatomy Department of the Medical Faculty of Uludag University. After the dissections, 61 parameters that belonging to the ligaments and general features of the foot, were evaluated. The statistical analysis of the collected data was evaluated by SPSS 20.0. According to the findings, while the descriptive statistics of the foot and the ligaments related to the foot, the statistically significant difference of any of the parameters wasn’t observed when they were compared between the right and left sides of the foot. In terms of the correlative relations, the parameters that showed high correlation were chosen and 28 formulas were developed using regression analysis. We foresee that our findings of the features belonging to normal anatomic structures will deepen our knowledge besides providing important benefits before or during orthopedic and plastic surgery operations related to the region. Also, our findings were discussed by comparing the findings of similar studies belonging to many other researchers in literature, and our study’s contribution to the literature was evaluated.

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The authors sincerely thank those who donated their bodies to science so that anatomical research can be done. Results from such research could potentially increase humanity's general knowledge, which in turn could improve patient care. That's why these donors and their families deserve our deepest gratitude.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Serdar Babacan

  2. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey

    İlker Mustafa Kafa

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SB: planning the study, dissection, collecting data, statistical analyses, writing manuscript. IMK: planning the study, statistical analyses, writing and editing the manuscript.

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Babacan, S., Kafa, İ.M. Morphology of the ligaments located on the medial side of the ankle and on the plantar surface of the foot. Surg Radiol Anat 44, 261–271 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-021-02872-w

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