Apparatus for and method of providing a hip replacement

In a method of providing a hip replacement in a patient, the steps of

• providing a first incision of a limited length in the patient's hip, providing a portal incision in the patient's hip at a particular disposition displaced from the main incision,
• inserting a cannula into the patient's hip through the portal incision to a position providing for an act by a surgeon to facilitate the hip replacement in the patient, and
• disposing a tool through the cannula to the position providing for the act by the surgeon to facilitate the hip replacement in the patient.

In a method as set forth in claim 26 wherein

• a hemispherical member is disposed in the acetabulum after the shaping and sizing of the acetabulum to provide for a pivotal relationship between the hemispherical member and the acetabulum.

In combination for use in providing for a hip replacement in a patient

• a first member positionable in the hip of the patient,
• a positioning member extending at one end from the positioning member to a position outside of the patient's hip at a second end, and
• a marker member at the opposite end of the looped portion and disposed to mark a portal position on the patient's hip.