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The looped suture that exits from the tibial tunnel is loaded with the suture placed in the xenograft femoral bone plug (a). Therefore, pulling the suture that exits from the femoral tunnel allows the graft to be passed into the tibial tunnel (b), the knee joint, and finally the femoral tunnel.
