Method and apparatus for fixing a graft in a bone tunnel

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A61B 17/68 (2006.01) A61B 17/17 (2006.01) A61B 17/88 (2006.01) A61F 2/08 (2006.01) A61F 2/30 (2006.01) A61L 31/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2260443

A method for fixing a bone block in a bone tunnel comprising the steps of placing the bone block in the bone tunnel, advancing spaced-apart first and second metal wires through the bone, transversely of the bone tunnel, so as to intersect the bone block and extend through the bone block, removing one of the wires and replacing the one removed wire with a first absorbable rod, and removing the other of the wires and replacing the other removed wire with a second absorbable rod, whereby to retain the bone block in the bone tunnel with the absorbable rods.

L'invention concerne une méthode destinée à fixer un bloc osseux dans un tunnel osseux. La méthode comprend les étapes suivantes : placer le bloc osseux dans le tunnel osseux, insérer un premier et deuxième fils métalliques espacés à travers l'os, de façon transversale au tunnel osseux, de manière à croiser le bloc osseux et à s'étendre à travers le bloc osseux, retirer un des fils et le remplacer par une première tige absorbable et, enfin, retirer l'autre fil et le remplacer par une deuxième tige absorbable, de sorte que le bloc osseux soit maintenu dans le tunnel osseux au moyen des tiges absorbables.

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