Abstract: A method of surgery for attaching the end of a ligament to a bone from which it has become attached, includes drilling a passage in the bone so that the passage opens at or adjacent the position where the ligament became detached, inserting an elongated clamp through the passage, clamping the ligament with the part of the clamp which projects out of the mouth of the passage, withdrawing the clamp into the passage to draw the detached end of the ligament into the passage while tensioning the ligament, and anchoring the clamp to hold the liagment under tension to permit growth of fibrous and connective tissue in the passage to join the ligament to the bone.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of surgery in horses for strengthening part of a horses flexo-tendon in a horse's leg. A cannula containing a probe projecting therefrom is inserted lengthwise into the tendon to intersect the part of the tendon to be strengthened, the probe forming a pocket in the tendon at the inner end of the cannula. The probe is removed from the cannula and an implant is inserted through the cannula so that its inner end is located and gripped in the pocket. The cannula is then removed to leave the implant located in the tendon and intersecting the part to be strengthened. The invention also provides a surgical kit comprising said cannula, probe and implant, and a thruster for thrusting the implant into the cannula; and the invention includes also the implant of the kit.

Abstract: The invention provides a surgical device which has a probe for insertion into soft tissue during a surgical operation, and a drill guide for guiding a bone drill during the operation. The drill guide is connected to the probe and is adjustable in position and attitude relative to the probe. The drill guide is releasably lockable relative to the probe in a plurality of different positions and attitudes.

Abstract: A set of surgical instruments is provided, for threading a tow or skein of carbon fibres through a passage in bone. The set includes an elongated adaptor having a passage along its length for insertion into a passage in bone, a fish wire having a leading end provided with a hooked connector, and an extraction member with a hole therethrough the extraction member being insertable along the adaptor and through the hole in the extraction member in non-return fashion.