A device for the retraction of soft tissue in a patient undergoing arthroscopic surgery, comprising: - a pulling element extending in its own main direction (A) between a first end and a second end ; said second end being fitted with a non-flexible hooking body configured to pass through the soft tissue (ST) of a patient and engage in said soft tissue following the traction of the pulling element towards the first end ; - a presser body suitable to press on the skin (S) of said patient and connectable to the pulling element in at least one operating position placed at a fixed distance (d) from the second end ; said fixed distance (d) being such as to define a housing for the layers of soft tissue (ST) of the patient engaged by the non-flexible hooking body , wherein said pulling element comprises a stem extending in the main direction (A) between the first and the second end , wherein said non-flexible hooking body is rotatably joined to said stem , at the second end , to move between a first position, in which it is aligned with said stem , and a second position, in which it is transverse to said stem , wherein the pulling element comprises a manoeuvring group operable by an operator and joined to said non-flexible hooking body to move it between the first and the second position and comprising: a control body , manoeuvrable by the operator, a transmission member operatively interposed between the control body and the non-flexible hooking body and comprising a rod or cable slidingly inserted in the stem and connected to the non-flexible hooking body so that a translation of the rod or cable corresponds to a rotation of the non-flexible hooking body . - a pulling element extending in its own main direction (A) between a first end and a second end ; said second end being fitted with a non-flexible hooking body configured to pass through the soft tissue (ST) of a patient and engage in said soft tissue following the traction of the pulling element towards the first end ; - a presser body suitable to press on the skin (S) of said patient and connectable to the pulling element in at least one operating position placed at a fixed distance (d) from the second end ; said fixed distance (d) being such as to define a housing for the layers of soft tissue (ST) of the patient engaged by the non-flexible hooking body , wherein said pulling element comprises a stem extending in the main direction (A) between the first and the second end , wherein said non-flexible hooking body is rotatably joined to said stem , at the second end , to move between a first position, in which it is aligned with said stem , and a second position, in which it is transverse to said stem , wherein the pulling element comprises a manoeuvring group operable by an operator and joined to said non-flexible hooking body to move it between the first and the second position and comprising: a control body , manoeuvrable by the operator, a transmission member operatively interposed between the control body and the non-flexible hooking body and comprising a rod or cable slidingly inserted in the stem and connected to the non-flexible hooking body so that a translation of the rod or cable corresponds to a rotation of the non-flexible hooking body . a control body , manoeuvrable by the operator, a transmission member operatively interposed between the control body and the non-flexible hooking body and comprising a rod or cable slidingly inserted in the stem and connected to the non-flexible hooking body so that a translation of the rod or cable corresponds to a rotation of the non-flexible hooking body . <EOS>