Patent ID: 8425554

Claim:
A method of bunion repair comprising: inserting a suture passing K-wire from a second metatarsal to a first metatarsal, the suture passing K-wire comprising a guide pin having a first region with a first diameter and terminating in a sharp tip, and a second region with a second diameter and terminating in an eyelet, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter, the K-wire being inserted so that the distal end of the second region is adjacent the medial cortex of the first metatarsal and the eyelet is adjacent the lateral cortex of the second metatarsal; passing a flexible strand of a suture-button construct through the eyelet of the K-wire; and pulling the K-wire with the flexible strand in a medial direction from the second metatarsal to the first metatarsal so that the K-wire exits the first metatarsal, the flexible strand extends between the first metatarsal and the second metatarsal, and the button is engaged against the second metatarsal.