| 摘要 |
<p>A method for fusing a spinal facet joint and a surgical kit for use therein. The kit preferably comprises an allograft implant (10), a facet finder (20), a drill (30), a drill guide (40), and an implant inserter (50). The method preferably comprises the steps of locating the facet joint with a facet finder, sliding a drill guide over the facet finder until the drill guide engages the facet joint, removing the facet finder from within the drill guide, inserting a drill through the drill guide and drilling a socket within the facet joint to a predetermined depth, removing the drill from within the drill guide, securing an allograft implant within an implant inserter, inserting the implant inserter through the drill guide until the implant engages the socket, tapping the implant inserter to push the implant completely within the socket, removing the implant inserter from within the drill guide, and removing the drill guide.</p> |
