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Updated: Oct 7 2025

Syndesmosis TightRope® XP Implant System

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  • Design
    • The Syndesmosis TightRope XP implant system features a unique delivery mechanism that allows the user to insert a Syndesmosis TightRope implant without pulling a needle through the medial skin
    • Gives the user control to flip the medial oblong button below the skin for less soft-tissue interposition
    • Tension Handles
      • Designed to tension the Syndesmosis TightRope implant without hurting the surgeon’s fingers
    • Trocar Style Drill Bit
      • Reduces skiving off the fibula when drilling in the transmalleolar plane 30˚ anterior to the coronal plane
  • Indications
    • Provide fixation during the healing process following a syndesmotic trauma
      • Fixation of syndesmosis (syndesmosis disruptions) in connection with Weber B and C ankle fracture
  • Approaches
    • The syndesmosis should be formally reduced prior to fixation and confirmed using fluoroscopy, direct visualization during open reduction, or both based on surgeon preference and severity of injury
  • Technical specifications
    • Stainless Steel & Titanium
      • Drill Guide
      • XP Drill Bit, solid, 3.7 mm
      • Drill Bit, cannulated, 3.7 mm
      • XP Suture Tensioning Handles, qty. 2
      • Syndesmosis TightRope XP Inserter
      • Guidewire w/ Trocar Tip, 0.049 in
      • Guidewire Sleeve
  • References
    • Naqvi et al. Am J Sports Med. 2012;40(12):2828-2835. doi:10.1177/0363546512461480.
    • Cottom et al. Foot Ankle Surg. 2009;48(6):620-630. doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2009.07.013.
    • Laflamme et al. J Orthop Trauma. 2015;29(5):216-223. doi:10.1097/BOT.0000000000000245.
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