Methods and apparatus for acetabular arthroplasty

1. A method for performing an acetabular arthroplasty in an acetabulum of an ilium including an iliac ridge, the method comprising the steps of:

locating an iliac canal of the ilium, the iliac canal extending along an axis from a surface of the acetabulum generally toward a portion of the iliac ridge;

impacting a non-rotating bone removal tool aligned along the axis of the iliac canal, the impacting of the non-rotating bone removal tool removing bone within the iliac canal and forming a bone void along the iliac canal;

securing a fixation implant within the bone void; and

installing an acetabular implant within the acetabulum over the fixation implant.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the locating step further comprises the step of cannulating the iliac canal to form a cannula in the iliac canal; and

wherein the impacting comprises impacting the non-rotating bone removal tool along the cannula to form the bone void along the iliac canal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the locating step further comprises positioning a canal finding jig over the ilium.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the canal finding jig comprises a first portion, a second portion and an alignment guide, the positioning of the canal finding jig comprises the steps of positioning the first portion of the canal finding jig against a portion of the acetabulum, and positioning the second portion of the canal finding jig against a portion of the iliac ridge and aligning the alignment guide along the axis of the iliac canal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the impacting step further comprises forming the bone void adjacent to cortical bone.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the impacting step further comprises impacting a plurality of non-rotating bone removal tools to form the bone void adjacent to the cortical bone.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the impacting step further comprises impacting a plurality of differently sized non-rotating bone removal tools to form the bone void adjacent to the cortical bone.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the securing step further comprises the step of cementing the fixation implant into the bone void.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the installing of the acetabular implant comprises attaching the acetabular implant to the fixation implant after the securing of the fixation implant within the bone void.

10. A method for performing an acetabular arthroplasty in an acetabulum of an ilium including an iliac ridge, the method comprising the steps of:

locating an iliac canal of the ilium by positioning a canal finding jig over the ilium, the iliac canal extending along an axis from a surface of the acetabulum generally toward a portion of the iliac ridge; the canal finding jig comprising a first portion, a second portion and an alignment guide; the positioning of the canal finding jig comprises the steps of positioning the first portion of the canal finding jig against a portion of the acetabulum, and positioning the second portion of the canal finding jig against a portion of the iliac ridge and aligning the alignment guide along the axis of the iliac canal;

impacting a non-rotating bone removal tool aligned along the axis of the iliac canal, the impacting of the non-rotating bone removal tool removing bone within the iliac canal and forming a bone void along the iliac canal and adjacent to cortical bone;

securing a fixation implant within the bone void; and

installing an acetabular implant within the acetabulum over the fixation implant.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the locating step further comprises the step of cannulating the iliac canal prior to the step of positioning the canal finding jig over the ilium.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the impacting step further comprises impacting a plurality of non-rotating bone removal tools to form the bone void adjacent to the cortical bone.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the impacting step further comprises impacting a plurality of differently sized non-rotating bone removal tools to form the bone void adjacent to the cortical bone.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the acetabular implant is selected from the group consisting of an acetabular cup and an acetabular cage.

15. A method for performing an acetabular arthroplasty in an acetabulum of an ilium including an iliac ridge, the method comprising the steps of:

locating an iliac canal of the ilium, the iliac canal extending along an axis from a surface of the acetabulum generally toward a portion of the iliac ridge;

aligning a non-rotating bone removal tool along the axis of the iliac canal;

impacting the non-rotating bone removal tool, the impacting removing bone from the iliac canal and forming a bone void along the iliac canal; and

securing a fixation implant within the bone void.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the step of installing an acetabular implant within the acetabulum over the fixation implant, the installing of the acetabular implant comprises attaching the acetabular implant to the fixation implant after the securing of the fixation implant within the bone void.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the locating step further comprises cannulating the iliac canal to form a cannula in the iliac canal; and

wherein the impacting comprises impacting the non-rotating bone removal tool along the cannula to form the bone void along the iliac canal.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the locating step further comprises positioning a canal finding jig over the ilium; and

wherein the canal finding jig comprises a first portion, a second portion and an alignment guide, the positioning of the canal finding jig comprises the steps of positioning the first portion of the canal finding jig against a portion of the acetabulum, and positioning the second portion of the canal finding jig against a portion of the iliac ridge and aligning the alignment guide along the axis of the iliac canal.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the impacting step further comprises forming the bone void adjacent to cortical bone.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the impacting step further comprises impacting a plurality of differently sized non-rotating bone removal tools to form the bone void along the iliac canal.

21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the non-rotating bone removal tool comprises a broach or rasp.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-rotating bone removal tool comprises a broach or rasp.