suture anchor

The suture anchors can be made of metal or plastic, and do not need to be removed.

Weaver-Dunn with various additional fixations (sutures, suture anchors, tendon autograft) to replace the coracoclavicular ligaments.

Morphix suture anchor, MedShape Solutions Inc. (Atlanta, GA)

This soft-tissue attachment can be reproduced with a suture anchor placed 12.2 mm distal to the medial joint line (average location), directly medial to the anterior arm of the semimembranosus tibial attachment.

Once this aspect of the sMCL is secured to the suture anchor, the knee is put through range of motion testing by the physician to determine the "safe zone" of knee motion which is used during the first post-operative day rehabilitation (below).