The knotless anchor products are used in a variety of procedures in the shoulder (e.g. rotator cuff repair) as well as scapholunate repair and UCL (Ulnar Collateral Ligament) repair. The unique PushLock design allows the surgeon to adjust the amount of tension on the tissue intraoperatively, allowing for precise tissue reduction. The tissue is securely held in a knotless fashion, allowing for soft tissue healing to bone. The anchor is available in bioabsorbable (PLLA), BioComposite and PEEK.

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Optimize tensioning and fixation without knot tying. The 2.5 mm PushLock suture anchor provides a secure means of knotless fixation in the hand and wrist. Accommodating up to 1.3 mm SutureTape suture, this 2-piece anchor enables a no-profile repair that is quick and straightforward. The 2.5 mm PushLock suture anchor uses a PEEK eyelet to place the sutures at the bottom of a drill hole, allowing precise tension and the ability to lock the sutures in place by impacting the tack portion of the anchor. Both the high-strength radiolucent PEEK and the bioabsorbable BioComposite (PLDLA amorphous copolymer and beta- tricalcium phosphate [ß-TCP]) PushLock optimize tissue tension and fixation without knot tying.

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2.5 mm PushLock® Knotless Suture Anchor

Steven S. Shin, MD, (Los Angeles, CA) demonstrates an open triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) repair using FiberWire® sutures and a Mini PushLock® anchor. The Mini PushLock allows for a knotless, zero-profile repair down to the ulna.

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Open TFCC Repair

A new technique, presented by Dr. Richard Howard (St. Louis, MO), describes a knotless arthroscopic repair of foveal TFCC tears through an ulnar tunnel. Using Micro SutureLassos, Fiberwire suture is passed arthroscopically through the torn TFCC. The sutures are then tensioned through an ulnar drill tunnel and the TFCC is reapproximated back to its ulnar attachment. Pushlock anchors are used to provide low profile knotless fixation of the sutures in the ulna. The final construct results in a stable knotless repair of the TFCC back to bone using a reproducible and low profile repair.

Arthroscopic Foveal Reattachment of TFCC through an Ulnar Tunnel

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Bringing InternalBrace™ ligament augmentation repair technology to the hand and wrist, the Nano SwiveLock and DX SwiveLock SL anchors accommodate SutureTape and other biologic materials. The Nano SwiveLock anchor is used for repairs of the small bones in the hand and allows incorporation of SutureTape. The DX SwiveLock SL anchor can be used for repair or reconstruction techniques with InternalBrace ligament augmentation.

Steven S. Shin, MD (Los Angeles, CA), presents a thumb UCL repair with the InternalBrace™ ligament augmentation procedure using the Nano SwiveLock® and DX SwiveLock SL anchors.
The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.

Thumb UCL Repair With InternalBrace™ Ligament Augmentation Using the Nano and DX SwiveLock® SL Anchors

Sanj Kakar, MD (Rochester, MN), demonstrates the 360° scapholunate reconstruction with a volar and dorsal reconstruction option using biologic graft and synthetic SutureTape to augment the repair.
The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.

360° Scapholunate Reconstruction With the InternalBrace™ Ligament Augmentation Procedure

Steven J. Lee, MD (New York, NY), demonstrates a novel dorsal reconstruction used in conjunction with SutureTape to treat dorsal and central scapholunate ligament tears. Using the InternalBrace™ ligament augmentation procedure produces secures the repair during the healing process. Dr. Lee displays the 3.5 mm x 8.5 mm SwiveLock® SL suture anchor that allows for knotless, low-profile and high-strength fixation1 during reconstructions and other soft-tissue repairs.
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1. Arthrex, Inc. Data on file. LA1-00053-EN_B. Naples, FL; 2017.
The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.

All-Dorsal Scapholunate Reconstruction With the InternalBrace Ligament Augmentation Procedure

Thumb UCL Repair With InternalBrace™ Ligament Augmentation Procedure

Michael Garcia, MD (Tampa, FL), presents collateral ligament reconstruction with InternalBrace™ ligament augmentation fixation using two 2.5 mm × 6 mm Nano tenodesis screws and SutureTape.
The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.

Collateral Ligament Reconstruction With the InternalBrace™ Ligament Augmentation Procedure

Arthrex® presents the eleventh episode of the BreakThrough™ program featuring InternalBrace™ ligament augmentation for hand and wrist surgery. The BreakThrough program is an open discussion with leading surgeons that explores how the addition of an InternalBrace ligament augmentation is changing the way that surgeons are treating their patients.
Joining host Christopher Adams, MD, are in‐studio guests, Steven J. Lee, MD, (New York, NY), Steven S. Shin, MD, (Los Angeles, CA) and Michael Garcia, MD, (Tampa, FL) who will highlight their surgeon experience, tips and pearls, and outcomes.

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