Patent ID: 8574235

Claim:
A method for trochanteric reattachment, comprising: positioning a femoral prosthesis relative to a proximal portion of a femur; coupling a first portion of a self-locking adjustable flexible member construct to a first attachment region of the femoral prosthesis; coupling a second portion of the self-locking adjustable flexible member construct to a second attachment region of the femoral prosthesis, the second portion being opposite the first portion; positioning a trochanter relative to the femur and a trochanteric engaging region of the femoral prosthesis; positioning the self-locking adjustable flexible member construct around an outer surface of the trochanter; and tensioning free ends of the self-locking adjustable flexible member construct to draw the trochanter into secure engagement with the femoral prosthesis and the femur via the self-locking adjustable flexible member construct in an absence of a knot; positioning at least one of the plurality of separate self-locking adjustable flexible member constructs around the outer surface of the trochanter in an overlapping manner with another one of the plurality of separate elf-locking adjustable flexible member constructs so as to form an X-shaped pattern.