Method of loading tendons into the knee

Details Method of loading tendons into the knee Method of loading tendons into the knee

1998-01-29

1999-07-06

Yu, Mickey

Surgery

Miscellaneous

Methods

606 99, 606 72, 623 13, 623 18, A61B 1900, A61B 1758

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059186046

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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