Dupuytren's Disease: A Novel Minimally Invasive Pull-Through Technique.

 Dupuytren's disease decreases quality of life significantly and often requires surgical treatment, nevertheless there is no actual gold standard. The aim of this study was to introduce the use of minimally invasive pull-through technique.  From 2016 to 2020, 52 patients suffering from Dupuytren's contracture were treated with the minimally invasive pull-through technique.

Manual versus nonmanual thrombectomy in primary and rescue percutaneous coronary angioplasty.

Although many thrombectomy devices have been tested in ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), there are no comparative data on safety or effectiveness in thrombectomy or ST-segment resolution. This study compares manual versus nonmanual thrombectomy devices in patients undergoing primary or rescue percutaneous coronary intervention in a tertiary care center. We identified 232 consecutive patients with STEMI and time from symptom onset to emergency room contact of < or = 12 h undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with coronary thrombectomy devices.

[Manual thrombus aspiration with the Export catheter during primary and rescue angioplasty. Predictors of failed myocardial reperfusion].

Background: Manual thrombus aspiration seems to improve myocardial reperfusion after coronary angioplasty in patients with ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome. We sought to assess the independent variables of complete myocardial reperfusion after primary and rescue coronary angioplasty with use of the Export manual thrombus aspiration catheter.

Methods: Myocardial reperfusion were judged complete if ST-segment resolution were >70% at 60 min post-procedure ECG.