Process
Holes to accommodate a new tendon are first drilled in the ulna and humerus bones of the elbow. A harvested tendon - from the forearm of the same or opposite elbow, below the knee (known as the Patellar Tendon), or from a cadaver - is then woven in a figure-eight pattern through the holes.
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