MEDICAL IMPLEMENT PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN ARTHROSCOPIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES

摘要

A medical implement for separating tissue at a surgical site includes an elongated rod carrying an inflatable balloon of triangular configuration having first and second apices defining a base for engagement with one tissue layer, and a third apex engageable with a second tissue layer effective, upon the inflation of the balloon, to separate the tissue layers. Also described are the use of the medical implement in the performance of arthroscopic surgical procedures in the shoulder of a patient for creating a free space between the deltoid muscle or the glenoid socket and the humerus bone.