Resumen

PORTHOS-SALAS, A; SINGH, PJ  y  O’DONNELL, JM. Ligamentun teres of the hip. Bibliographic revision. Acta ortop. mex [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.5, pp.267-271. ISSN 2306-4102.

The role and function of the ligamentum teres has drawn our attention in the last years due to the increasing and performance in hip arthroscopy, few is written in the literature, this is why we proposed to perform and assessed a review on the current literature of the anatomy, function, diagnose and rupture of the ligamentum teres of the hip.

Palabras llave : Hip arthroscopy; rupture of the ligamentum teres; anatomy; biomechanics.