title: Use of the SpaceMaker balloon dissector for repair of sacral pressure sores.
abstract: Most of the techniques that have been suggested for closure of sacral pressure sores use musculo-cutaneous flaps. We report our experience in three patients using the SpaceMaker balloon dissector. The dissector was inserted into the subgluteal maximus muscle plane to expand the muscle and overlying skin, thereby forming bilateral sliding and tension-free musculocutaneous flaps. The procedure is simple, safe, bloodless, and combines the advantages of advancement of a muscle flap and expansion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Silfen
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hauben
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013525:Surgical Instruments