Patent ID: 7875058
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of bunion repair comprising: drilling a hole across a first metatarsal and through a second metatarsal; passing a needle with a first suture strand of a suture-button construct through the hole; pulling the first suture strand and simultaneously applying a lateral tension on a second suture strand of the suture-button construct such that a first button of the suture-button construct lies sideways, and advancing the first button through the hole until the first button exits the hole through a medial side of the first metatarsal cortex; flipping the first button to engage the first button against the first metatarsal and applying a lateral tension on the second suture strand; manually pushing the first metatarsal and the second metatarsal together to correct intermetatarsal angular deformity; pulling free ends of the second suture strand of the suture-button construct to advance a second button of the suture-button construct and to engage the second button against the second metatarsal; and securing the second button against the second metatarsal.