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132

FIG. 51 depicts an example of suture routing through the suture anchor 500 of FIGS. 42-48 such as for example using the threaders of FIGS. 49 or 50. For example, in a transosseous soft tissue fixation procedure, one or more sutures may be extended through a bone tunnel with a first portion of the suture extending from a first opening of the bone tunnel and a second portion of the suture extending from a second opening of the bone tunnel. For example, in a rotator cuff repair procedure a first portion of suture may extend from a lateral opening of a tunnel formed in a humeral bone and a second portion of suture may extend from a medial opening at a desired attachment location for the soft tissue. The second portion may be passed through soft tissue, for example tissue of the rotator cuff, and extended away from the soft tissue.

Added by DJM 9 2021