Apparatus of loading tendons into the knee

Details Apparatus of loading tendons into the knee Apparatus of loading tendons into the knee

1999-07-02

2000-10-17

Nguyen, Dinh X.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 99, 623 1311, 623 1312, 623 1314, A61B 1758

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061324337

ABSTRACT:
A surgical method for loading ligament grafts into a joint. A longitudinal socket formed in a bone is intersected by a transverse pin. A flexible strand is drawn with the pin through the bone. A looped portion of the strand is diverted so as to protrude out of the entrance to the longitudinal socket. The ends of the strand remaining accessible on either side of the bone. The ligament graft is captured within the strand loop protruding from the entrance to the socket. The strand is retracted into the socket, drawing the graft into the socket by pulling on the accessible ends of the flexible strand. The graft is fixed in the socket using a transverse implant.

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