A whip stitched graft construct and method of formation. The whip stitched
graft construct includes a plurality of tendon strand regions or soft
tissue grafts placed together so that at least a portion of the plurality
of the tendon strand regions are stitched together by employing multiple
suture passes placed according to a whip stitching technique. Preferably,
the multiple suture passes start at about the mid length of the plurality
of tendon strand regions and are advanced toward one of the free ends of
the tendon strands. The whip stitched graft construct is provided with at
least two regions, one region formed of at least a plurality of tendon
strand regions tied and whip stitched together, and the other region
formed of untied segments of the plurality of tendon strands.