Seldom used now
A suture may have been attached to the harpoon - but the procedure has largely been superceded by newer techniques because the devices may sometimes cause problems within the joint.
A 'harpoon' in knee surgery is the term sometimes given to small bio-degradeable barbed devices which are shot through the two parts of a torn meniscus to hold the fragments together.
A suture may have been attached to the harpoon - but the procedure has largely been superceded by newer techniques because the devices may sometimes cause problems within the joint.