Arthroscopic guide and method
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1. A guide for use in arthroscopic knee surgery for the repair and reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament comprising:
- an elongated flexible wire, means attached to one end of the wire for receiving the end of a tendon to be pulled through the patient'"'"'s knee by the guide and a receiver for receiving the other end of the wire to facilitate pulling the wire and tendon through the knee joint.
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A guide and method for use in arthroscopic knee surgery for the repair and reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. The guide is in the form of a elongated flexible wire, and it enables the semitendinosus and the gracilas tendons to be pulled through the knee joint in an expeditious manner in order to replace the anterior cruciate ligament.
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1. A guide for use in arthroscopic knee surgery for the repair and reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament comprising:
- an elongated flexible wire, means attached to one end of the wire for receiving the end of a tendon to be pulled through the patient'"'"'s knee by the guide and a receiver for receiving the other end of the wire to facilitate pulling the wire and tendon through the knee joint.
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- 5. A method for implanting a tendon into the knee joint of a patient which comprises drilling holes in the capsule of the femur and tibia, affixing the tendon to one end of a flexible wire, passing the flexible wire through one of the holes, passing a receiver through the other of the holes, manipulating the other end of the wire into the receiver, and pulling the receiver out of the other hole to cause the tendon to pass through the holes and through the knee joint.
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