SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING HIP PROSTHESIS REVISION SURGERY

摘要

A method and apparatus for performing hip prosthesis revision surgery includes preparation of the cavity (57) left after removal of the original prosthesis (11). A tamp (70) having a longitudinal passageway (74) extending longitudinally through the stem portion (71) thereof and a guidewire (62) positioned in the cavity (57) function to compact bone graft material (65) in the cavity (57) and form a precisely contoured new hip prosthesis receiving cavity (78).