DESC: LigaFiba. After “fiber” an extremely strong surgical suture material. It is composed entirely of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. It is the same hard wearing material that is used for acetubular cups in hip replacements. Weight for weight it is 15 times stronger than steel and 2.5 times stronger than nylon. It has very good abrasion characteristics which are important in hostile environments such as lateral sutures and hip toggles. LigaFiba braided polyethylene fiber. Sutures may be threaded through bone tunnels posi- tioned at isometric points.