an exemplary fixation member 300 has an overall length l of between about 15 mm to about 25 mm a width w of between about 4 mm to about 9 mm a height h of between about 1 mm to about 3 mm a width or the central bar 310 of between about 1 mm to about 2 5 mm a length of the leading end channel 350 of between about 5 mm to about 12 mm a width of the leading end channel 350 of between about 3 mm to about 6 mm and a thickness of the rectangular end portions 330 b of between about 1 mm to about 2 mm for example referring to fig3 a and 3b an alternative fixation member 400 includes a cross bar 410 and a leading end 400 a defining an opening 440 for passage of a lead suture 250 rather than including a closed end channel and an open ended tissue graft channel fixation member 400 includes a pair of closed end channels 450 455 the tissue graft 240 is coupled to the fixation member 400 by passing a first section 240 a of the tissue graft 240 through the first closed end channel 450 of the fixation member 400 to form a graft loop 240 c which includes the first tissue graft section 240 a and.