Patent ID: 8343155

Claim:
A method of reducing a bone fracture in a bone, comprising the steps of: providing a bone plate including a bone contacting surface and an opposing surface opposite the bone contacting surface, the bone plate defining a bone plate height between the bone contacting surface and the opposing surface, the bone plate including at least one threaded bone plate aperture extending from the bone contacting surface to the opposing surface; providing a cable button including a fastener portion and a head extending from the fastener portion, the fastener portion of the cable button including a fastener defining a thread, the fastener portion sized to be positioned within the threaded bone plate aperture, the fastener sized and shaped to secure the cable button to the bone plate so that the fastener resists movement of the cable button along a longitudinal axis of the cable button relative to the bone plate when the fastener portion of the cable button is positioned within the threaded bone plate aperture, the head of the cable button including a cable button aperture; positioning the cable button fastener portion into the threaded bone plate aperture and engaging the fastener to the bone plate, including threading the cable button into the threaded bone plate aperture, and thereby securing the cable button to the bone plate so that the fastener resists movement of the cable button along the longitudinal axis of the cable button relative to the bone plate; providing a cerclage wire, the cable button aperture sized to receive the cerclage wire; positioning the cerclage wire around the bone and atop the opposing surface of the bone plate; guiding the cerclage wire through the cable button aperture; and securing the cerclage wire to the bone to compress the bone fracture.