Patent ID: 8398678

Claim:
A method of bunion repair comprising: drilling a hole through a first metatarsal and a second metatarsal; providing a button/loop construct comprising a button with at least a pair of apertures, and a flexible strand loop comprising a connected to the button by passing the flexible strand through the apertures, with opposing ends of the flexible strand terminating in a combined leg; passing the combined leg and the loop of the button/loop construct through the hole so that the loop extends through the hole in the first and second metatarsals, and pulling the combined leg and the loop so that the combined leg and part of the loop exits the hole on a lateral side of the first metatarsal, and the button rests against a lateral cortex of the second metatarsal; removing the combined leg so that the opposing ends of the loop are free; and securing the free opposing ends to the lateral side of the first metatarsal.