a surgical method for loading ligament grafts into a joint . a longitudinal socket formed in a bone is intersected by a transverse pin . a flexible strand is drawn with the pin through the bone . a looped portion of the strand is diverted so as to protrude out of the entrance to the longitudinal socket . the ends of the strand remaining accessible on either side of the bone . the ligament graft is captured within the strand loop protruding from the entrance to the socket . the strand is retracted into the socket , drawing the graft into the socket by pulling on the accessible ends of the flexible strand . the graft is fixed in the socket using a transverse implant .