Woven or braided tubular metal construct

A multifilament tubular construct, comprising:

• a plurality of constituent elements woven or braided into a tubular cerclage cable defining an inner diameter, an outer diameter and an axial length in the absence of external forces, the constituent elements each comprising a twisted cable comprising:
• a plurality of metal filaments having respective longitudinal axes each defining helices running substantially parallel to one another, such that the tubular construct is a flexible structure in both an axial direction and a radial direction, and the plurality of metal filaments can rearrange and self-adjust around one another to and lay flat when tensioned against a bone, whereby the multifilament tubular construct minimizes a stress on an adjacent bone or tissue surface by maximizing surface area contact between the flattened and self-adjusted metal filaments and the adjacent bone or tissue surface.