Fig 10.

Left knee, with patient lying supine. The two No. 0 FiberWire lateral meniscal root sutures exiting out the small 3.5-mm tibial drill hole from the FlipCutter are passed through the eyelet of a 4.75-mm BioComposite SwiveLock anchor. A 2.4-mm drill pin is inserted into the proximal-medial tibia 1.5 cm distal to the hole with the 2 FiberWire cinch-loop sutures (arrow). This pin is then over-reamed to a depth of 20 mm with a 4.5-mm reamer. Next, with the knee flexed to approximately 60°, the SwiveLock anchor is gently tapped into the 4.5-mm reamed hole and then screwed in, holding the paddle handle until the anchor is flush to the tibial cortex to optimize fixation. This completes the lateral meniscal root repair.