A stitching instrument comprising: an elongate shaft a working end platform formed on a distal end portion of said shaft a handle mounted on a proximal end portion of said shaft one or more stitching needles rotatably mounted relative to said platform and rotatable from a concealed position in which a tip of said stitching needles is concealed within said platform to an exit position where said tip is inserted into a suture anchor releasably attached to said platform, and counter-rotatable from said position where said tip is inserted into said suture anchor to said position in which said tip is concealed within said platform and one or more stabilizing pins movably mounted to said platform, said pins being actuatable from a recessed position in which a tip of said pin is concealed within said platform to a stabilizing position wherein said tip extends out of said platform.
