Low-profile, high tension mesh plate for subcutaneous fracture fixation

A method of repairing a fractured patella having a plurality of bone fragments separated by fracture gaps comprising the steps of:

• subcutaneously inserting a fixation mesh over a portion of the fractured patella, said mesh having a repeating rhombic pattern defined by a plurality of vertices, sides and diagonals defining a plurality of openings and screw holes;
• said screw holes located at one or more of said vertices, said screw holes interconnected by linear segments located along said sides;
• a plurality of non-linear segments cross-connecting non-adjacent screw holes along a diagonal of said rhombic pattern;
• and
• affixing said fixation mesh to the fractured patella fragments using screws so that said screw holes are positionable inwardly and outwardly with respect to each other.

A method of repairing a fractured patella having a plurality of bone fragments separated by fracture gaps comprising the steps of:

• subcutaneously inserting a fixation mesh over a portion of the fractured patella;
• said fixation mesh having a plurality of screw holes interconnected by linear segments forming linear lines along sagittal planes;
• a plurality of screw holes interconnected by non-linear segments forming lines along transverse planes;
• and
• affixing said fixation mesh to said fractured patella fragments using screws to maintian fracture gaps to distances that are 3 millimeters or less.