Patent ID: 7901431

Claim:
A method of Lisfranc repair comprising: drilling a hole in a medial cuneiform and through a second metatarsal base; passing a needle with a pull-through suture strand of a suture-button construct through the hole, the needle entering the hole from the second metatarsal base and exiting the hole out of the medial cuneiform; pulling the pull-through suture strand and simultaneously applying a lateral tension on a first 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 at the medial cuneiform; flipping the first button to engage the first button against the medial aspect of the medial cuneiform and applying a lateral tension on the first suture strand; pulling free ends of the first suture strand of the suture-button construct to advance a second button of the suture-button construct over the second metatarsal base and to engage the second button against the second metatarsal base; and securing the second button against the second metatarsal base.