Patent ID: 8409208

Claim:
A method for fixation of a sacrum with at least an immediately superior vertebral bone, comprising: creating a first borehole into an anterior cortical bone surface of said sacrum; advancing a first fixation post through said first borehole, said sacrum, and a disc space immediately superior to said sacrum, and into said immediately superior vertebral bone; creating a second borehole in said anterior cortical bone surface of said sacrum, said second borehole being different than said first borehole; advancing a second fixation post through said second bore hole, said sacrum, and said disc space, and into said immediately superior vertebral bone; and connecting a proximal aspect of said first fixation post with a proximal aspect of said second fixation post, said connected proximal aspects of each of said first and second fixation posts configured to be positioned at least partially outside of said anterior cortical bone surface of said sacrum.