OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the safety of sonographically guided percutaneous finger and thumb first annular (A1) pulley releases performed using needle and hook knife techniques in an unembalmed cadaveric model. METHODS A single operator completed 50 (40 fingers and 10 thumbs) sonographically guided percutaneous A1 pulley releases in unembalmed cadavers using previously...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of CS injection, percutaneous pulley release and conventional open surgery for treating trigger finger in terms of cure, relapse and complication rates. METHODS One hundred and thirty-seven patients with a total of 150 fingers were randomly assigned and allocated into one of the treatment groups, with treatments allocated into 1...

INTRODUCTION When the non-operative treatment of tennis elbow fails to improve the symptoms a surgical procedure can be performed. Many different techniques are available. The percutaneous release of the common extensor origin was first presented by Loose at a meeting in 1962. Despite the simplicity of the operation and its effectiveness in relieving pain with minimal scarring this procedure is...

While parental or oral anticoagulation remains a mainstay of therapy for thrombosis, in sporadic clinical situations, percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy is favored. Percutaneous well-tolerated subtype catheterdirected intervention resulting thrombus breakdown and removal. This procedure combines endovascular combination with pharmacologic thrombolysis allowing significant reduction time. Simi...