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Next, the surgeon may follow traditional steps to attach a tendon to the attachment point and along a trajectory provided by the tendon trajectory guide 920 using a variety of conventional tendon transfer kits/systems/instruments or the like. For example, a surgeon may thread a suture that is whip stitched to an end of the FHL and pass the suture through a proximal eyelet of the fastener 910. Next, the surgeon may press the fastener 910 through the bone tunnel and out the plantar (distal) opening on the inferior surface of the calcaneus 224. In this manner, the FHL is threaded into the bone tunnel. The FHL may then be secured and/or fixated in the bone tunnel using conventional techniques and/or implants and/or fasteners.

Added by DJM Jan 2024