Patent ID: 7204854

Claim:
A method of attaching a glenoid prosthesis, comprising: resecting a portion of the glenoid cavity on the surface of a scapula to provide a resected scapula surface; drilling at least two holes substantially perpendicular to the resected scapula surface; filling the holes with cement; providing a metallic glenoid prosthesis comprising at least two pegs and a central aperture; inserting the at least two pegs of the glenoid prosthesis in the drilled holes filled with cement, the pegs each having a plurality of circumferential grooves disposed around the full circumference of the pegs; and advancing a hollow metal cage screw with fenestrations and circumferential threads through the central aperture of the glenoid prosthesis and into a hole in the scapula to affix the glenoid prosthesis to the resected scapula surface.