[Biomechanical and histologic evaluation of refixation of ruptured collateral ligaments (author's transl)].

This paper describes the use of a new one-hole plate for the refixation of ligaments. The anchorage of ligaments was of sufficient strength as judged by biomechanical experiments on medial collateral ligaments of sheep in vivo and knees of human cadavers. Microangiographic and histologic investigations showed good vascularization and normal structure of the ligament under the one-hole plate.