Paragraph Number

138

In one embodiment, cartilage 1302 around the arthroplasty implant 810 may have developed one or more OCLs 350. During such a revision procedure a surgeon can ream the arthroplasty implant 810 out of the bone pocket 864 and/or resize the bone pocket 864 to a size that supports a second arthroplasty implant that has a greater diameter than the arthroplasty implant 810. The surgeon may restore the bone tunnel 862, for example, by using a surgical drill and bit. Next, the surgeon may pass a second tether through the restored bone tunnel, secure a distal tether end of the second tether to the second arthroplasty implant, and secure a proximal tether end of the second tether within the restored bone tunnel as part of the revision procedure.

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