A surgical implant for fixing a soft tissue to a bone comprising a staple and a plate. The staple and the plate are positionable on an instrument in such a way that the plate may be manipulated with the instrument to hold the soft tissue against the bone and in such a way that the staple is fixable to the bone with the plate positioned between a bridge of the staple and the soft tissue when legs of the staple are driven through the plate and into the bone.一用於固定一軟組織至一骨頭之手術植入物係包含一肘釘及一板。利用一種使板可由一工具被操縱以固持軟組織抵住骨頭之方式以及一種使肘釘可固定至骨頭且其中當肘釘的腳被驅動穿過板且進入骨頭內時使板被定位於肘釘的一橋與軟組織之間的方式，肘釘及板可被定位於一工具上。
