Patent ID: 7850732

Claim:
A surgical method for a sacral prosthesis, comprising: providing a sacral prosthesis, said prosthesis comprising: a central body having a superior face forming a platform; first and second arms spaced from one another and extending superiorly and laterally from said central body; said first and second arms including respective terminal portions spaced from one another a first distance; surgically resecting at least a portion of a sacrum at a surgical site; disposing the sacral prosthesis in the surgical site such that said central body is disposed inferiorly to a lumbar vertebral body and between the ilia; securing said terminal portions to respective ilium; supporting a spinal column against inferior displacement by supporting said vertebral body with said platform, while said sacral prosthesis simultaneously prevents relative lateral displacement of said ilia; and inserting a fastener through an aperture in a posterior face of the central body, into a through opening in the central body, and through an aperture in the superior face of the central body.