Quad Tendon Graft Preparation Using ACL TightRope^® RT Implant With FiberLoop^® With FiberTag^® Suture and Swaged Straight Needle

The quad tendon SpeedWhip™ rip-stop technique eliminates the weak link in ACL graft preparation by reinforcing the suture-tissue interface with a FiberTag^® scaffold. A FiberTag suture is incorporated into the end of the FiberLoop^® construct to allow each needle pass to incorporate both graft and the FiberTag scaffold. This construct has been shown to increase the strength over standard stitching alone.¹ FiberTag suture can be placed onto a graft end to facilitate attachment of the ACL TightRope^® implant.

Reference

1. Arthrex, Inc. LA1-00005-EN_A. Naples, FL; 2015.