Surgical fastening

A surgical device (100) includes a first fastener (102) having a planar profile, a second fastener (104) having a concave surface, and a suture (106) that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches th...

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Hauptverfasser: Boileau, Pascal, Sikora, George J, Sullivan, James Joseph, Santangelo, Stephen Anthony
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A surgical device (100) includes a first fastener (102) having a planar profile, a second fastener (104) having a concave surface, and a suture (106) that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.