Minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis is disclosed which closely matches the end of a bone of a joint after that bone end has been minimally reshaped and resurfaced by an orbital or lineally oscillating orthopedic resurfacing tool in the minimally invasive orthopedic surgical repair or reconstruction of hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and other joints

A minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis which is cast from a suitable orthopedic metal alloy selected from a group of orthopedic metal alloys which includes stainless steel orthopedic alloys, cobalt-chrome orthopedic alloys, and titanium orthopedic alloys, and which said minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis has integral mounting pins which are extended toward the proximal surface of the said resurfaced bone end, and which said surface-matching minimally-thick orthopedic is formed so as to closely match the surface of the end of a bone of a joint after that said bone end has been minimally reshaped and resurfaced by an orbital or lineally oscillating orthopedic resurfacing tool intended for use in the orthopedic surgical repair and reconstruction of the bone ends in hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and other joints, and which said minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis can be affixed onto the said resurfaced bone end by means of its integral mounting pins using bone glue as a bonding agent and to fill the space between the said surface-matching minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis and its said resurfaced bone end, thereby becoming a new fully supported wear surface for that said resurfaced bone end, and which said minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis is able to have an orthopedic prosthetic meniscus affixed to its surface which is distal from its said resurfaced bone end.

A minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis which is forged A minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis which is cast from a suitable orthopedic metal alloy selected from a group of orthopedic metal alloys which includes stainless steel orthopedic alloys, cobalt-chrome orthopedic alloys, and titanium orthopedic alloys, and which said minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis has integral mounting pins which are extended toward the proximal surface of the said resurfaced bone end, and which said surface-matching minimally-thick orthopedic is formed so as to closely match the surface of the end of a bone of a joint after that said bone end has been minimally reshaped and resurfaced by an orbital or lineally oscillating orthopedic resurfacing tool intended for use in the orthopedic surgical repair and reconstruction of the bone ends in hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and other joints, and which said minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis can be affixed onto the said resurfaced bone end by means of its integral mounting pins using bone glue as a bonding agent and to fill the space between the said surface-matching minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis and its said resurfaced bone end, thereby becoming a new fully supported wear surface for that said resurfaced bone end, and which said minimally-thick orthopedic prosthesis is able to have an orthopedic prosthetic meniscus affixed to its surface which is distal from its said resurfaced bone end.