METHOD OF SECURING PATELLA LIGAMENT TO TUBEROSITY OF TIBIA Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, particularly, traumatology and orthopedics. SUBSTANCE: new method prescribes forming two parallel bone canals in lateral sections of broken-off bone fragments and tuberosity of tibia in order to pass dacron thread formed as "double loop", fitting broken-off fragment in its original place, tying up thread ends, and sewing through entire thickness of patella ligament using same thread to make Kuneo suture. EFFECT: lower rate of occurrence of complications, shorter immobilization period and acceleration of start of functional treatment.