Method of repairing plantar plate tears through graft augmentation

A method of repairing plantar plate tears of an individual through augmentation comprising the steps of:

• cutting an incision above a damaged area of a plantar plate on an individual;
• spreading the tissue at or near the plantar plate with a plantar plate joint distractor to generate an open configuration along a spreader opening path;
• positioning a plantar drill guide over the plantar plate;
• inserting a drill insertion member into the plantar drill guide and at a drilling angle over tissue at or near the damaged area of the plantar plate;
• drilling, with a drill bit and at the drilling angle, into the tissue at or near the damaged area of the plantar plate;
• attaching at least one K-wire to a graft;
• pulling, with the at least one K-wire, the graft across a damaged area of the plantar plate augmenting the damaged area of the plantar plate;
• and
• manipulating, with a screw driver, at least one interference-type screw through the plantar plate and at least one of the at least one of the K-wire and the graft to engage and compress the graft for fixation.