A method for fusing a spinal facet joint and a surgical kit for use
therein. The kit preferably comprises an allograft implant, a facet
finder, a drill, a drill guide, and an implant inserter. The method
preferably comprises the steps of locating the facet joint with a facet
finer, 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.