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Procedure/Product Pages (6)

• • 2.5 mm PushLock^® Thumb Collateral Ligament Repair

  • Using #2-0 or #0 suture the torn ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb is sutured. The 2.5 mm PushLock® uses a PEEK eyelet to place the sutures at the bottom of a drill hole, allowing the surgeon to tension precisely by hand and lock the sutures in place by impacting the tak portion of the anchor. Both the high strength radiolucent …
• • Corkscrew^® Thumb Collateral Ligament Repair

  • A K-wire pre-drill is used to create a bone socket for the anchor. The anchor is screwed into the bone socket until the anchor is fully seated. The anchor handle is removed exposing two FiberWire sutures and diamond point needles. The needles are advanced through the soft tissue to accomplish the desired stitch. Once completed the needles …
• • SutureTak^® Thumb Collateral Ligament Repair

  • Utilizing a drill or punch, a bone socket is created for the anchor. The drill or punch is removed and the implant is inserted through into the bone socket. The anchor is gently impacted until it is fully seated. The anchor handle is removed exposing the 2 FiberWire sutures and tapered needles. The needles are advanced through the soft …
• • Thumb Collateral Ligament Reconstruction With Tenodesis Screws and InternalBrace™ Ligament Augmentation

  • InternalBrace™ ligament augmentation used with tenodesis screws or SwiveLock® anchors allows earlier joint motion and faster return to activity.1 The 2.5 mm × 6 mm and 3 mm × 8 mm tenodesis screws can be used in conjunction with SutureTape to reconstruct and augment the thumb UCL ligament.   Reference 1. Shin SS, …
• • Thumb Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Radial and Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Reconstruction

  • The Tenodesis Screw System provides solid interference fixation and exact tensioning in ligament reconstructions. BioComposite implant material composed of β-TCP and PLLA offers the same benefits of the biobasorbable material, with the addition of 15% Beta-tricalcium-phosphate. Studies suggest that early bone formation can be connected to …
• • UCL and RCL Tears of the Thumb

  • Arthrex has developed the Thumb Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Joint Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Repair using either a 2.5 mm PushLock® Knotless Suture Anchor, a Micro/Mini BioComposite SutureTak®, a Micro/Mini FT Corkscrew® or FASTak™ anchors. Reconstruction of a chronic tear is achieved by utilizing two 3 mm X 8 mm …