Method and apparatus for arthroscopic assisted arthroplasty of the hip joint

A method of performing an arthroscopic arthroplasty procedure with respect to a hip joint of a human patient, the hip joint being defined by a femoral head extending from a femoral neck of a femur, and an acetabulum of a pelvis, said method comprising:

• distracting the hip joint by separating the femoral head from the acetabulum, using a distraction device adapted to be engaged between the femur and the pelvis;
• maintaining the distracted hip joint in accordance with a normal hip joint alignment using an alignment device adapted to be engaged between the femur and the pelvis;
• boring a channel through and along a longitudinal axis of the femoral neck, such that the channel extends through the femoral head toward the acetabulum and into the distracted hip joint, using a boring device received and guided by a jig device adapted to be aligned along the femoral neck of the femur, the channel further having a smaller width than a maximum width of the femoral neck, and the femoral head having a larger width than the maximum width of the femoral neck;
• directing each of an acetabular prosthesis and a complementarily-configured femoral head prosthesis through the channel to the distracted hip joint;
• and
• deploying each of the acetabular prosthesis and the femoral head prosthesis within the distracted hip joint and into engagement with the corresponding one of the acetabulum and the femoral head, the acetabular prosthesis being configured to receive the femoral head prosthesis upon non-distraction of the distracted hip joint by removal of the distraction device.