| 摘要 |
<p>An artificial ligament device (10) comprising a plurality of tows (11) of biocompatible material secured side-by-side in a flat elongate array, looped back at both ends to form an eye (13) at both ends, with lashing (14) around the bases of the eyes, characterized in that the lengths (16, 17) of the flat elongate array are secured side-by-side at intervals (18), thus forming 'button-holes' (19). In use for ACL reconstruction, the end portions (21) of an autologous graft (22) are fed through 'button-holes' (19) towards each end of the device (10) and then sutured (at 23) to the device, and a mid-section (20) of the device is cut out to leave purely autologous tissue to serve as the replacement ACL. However, use of the device (10) alone as an artificial ligament per se is not precluded.</p> |
