Soft tissue repair

摘要

Methods and instruments for repairing soft tissues of a skeletal joint such as for example of the foot or hand are presented.

主权项

1. A method of repairing soft tissue of a joint of a human extremity, the joint including a metapodial bone and a proximal phalanx, the extremity having volar and dorsal aspects, the method comprising:
maintaining the metapodial bone intact; forming a bone tunnel through the proximal phalanx between volar and dorsal aspects of the proximal phalanx; passing a repair suture through the soft tissue to be repaired; passing the repair suture through the bone tunnel; and securing the suture; wherein the soft tissue to be repaired comprises a collateral ligament, the method further comprising after passing a repair suture through the soft tissue to be repaired and before passing the repair suture through the bone tunnel:
passing the repair suture into a transverse ligament connecting adjacent metapodial bones of the extremity.