Patent ID: 6315718
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for performing hip surgery using at least one support arm attached to a retractor support apparatus comprising:incising a patient to expose a hip joint, the hip joint including an acetabulum, a femur, a femoral head and a femoral trunk connecting the femur to the femoral head;mounting a femur retractor on one of the support arms;positioning the femur retractor about the femur;dislocating the femoral head from the acetabulum with the femur retractor;disengaging the femur retractor from the femur;positioning a femur elevating retractor on one of the support arms;engaging the femur with the femur elevating retractor; andadjusting the femoral head with the femur elevating retractor thereby making the acetabulum accessible.