Patent ID: 6997928

Claim:
In a method of providing a hip replacement in a patient, the steps of providing a first incision of a limited length, determining the position of a femoral portal incision, making the femoral portal incision at the determined position, and providing a positioning of an instrument in the hip through the femoral portal incision to facilitate the hip replacement, wherein the femoral portal incision is provided through the femoral portal position to provide for the insertion of the instrument into the hip for positioning a femoral stem in a femur cavity, wherein a cannula is disposed in the hip through the femoral portal incision to provide for a positioning of the femoral stem in a cavity in the femur, and wherein a driver is disposed through the cannula to provide for the positioning and final seating of the femoral stem in the cavity in the femur, and wherein the femoral stem is inserted into the hip through the first incision.