Patent ID: 7556629

Claim:
An orthopedic procedure, comprising the steps of: drilling a bore distally into a femur in the direction of a fracture; advancing into the bore a fixation device that comprises a body having a first portion that forms a cancellous bone anchor and a second portion that is removably attached to the first portion to form a junction, the second portion forming a proximal end of the body; rotating a proximal anchor carried by the body of the fixation device to rotate the cancellous bone anchor and engage the cancellous bone anchor with bone tissue distal of the femoral fracture; and advancing the proximal anchor distally along the fixation device to compress the fracture such that the junction of the first and second portions is disposed within a lumen of the proximal anchor; and separating and removing the second portion of the body from the first portion of the body with a proximal end of the first portion being disposed within the lumen of the proximal anchor when the second portion of the body is removed.