International Scholarly Research Notices

Review Article

Treatment of Ganglion Cysts

Table 2

 FUFailure rate* 
Aspiration
Nield and Evans 1986 [8]1 year20/34 (59%) 
Esteban et al. 1986 [9]27 months (3–71)6/17 (35%) 
Zubowicz and Ishii 1987 [10]1 year–20 months7/47 (15%) 
Varley et al. 1997 [11]48 months (26–89)28/42 (67%) 
Stephen et al. 1999 [12]1 year35/51 (69%) 
Aspiration with or without steroid
Dias and Buch 2003 [6]5 years18/38 (47%) 
Dias et al. 2007 [7]70 months45/78 (58%) 
Steroid
Wright et al. 1994 [13]5 years (2–11 years)20/24 (83%) 
Breidahl and Adler 1996 [14]12 months6/10 (60%) 
Paul and Sochart 1997 [15]2 years28/35 (80%) 
Varley et al. 1997 [11]46 months (26–89)29/43 (67%) 
Sclerotherapy
Mackie et al. 1984 [16]3 months15/16 (94%)Sclerosant (sodium tetradecyl disulphate)
Dogo et al. 2003 [17]24–36 months1/29 (3.4%)Sclerosant (hypertonic saline)
Gümüş 2009 [18]17 months (6–29)1/17 (5.9%)Transcutaneous electrocauterization
Hyaluronidase
Otu 1992 [19]6 months17/349 (5%) 
Paul and Sochart 1997 [15]2 years18/35 (51%) 
Akkerhuis et al. 2002 [20]1 year33/43 (77%) 
Aspiration + multiple puncture
Richman et al. 1987 [21]22 months32/45 (71%) 
Korman et al. 1992 [22]1 year18/36 (50%) 
Stephen et al. 1999 [12]1 year32/41 (78%) 
Aspiration + multiple puncture + immobilization
Richman et al. 1987 [21]22 months24/42 (57%) 
Korman et al. 1992 [22]1 year16/33 (48%) 
Aspiration + steroid + immobilization
Limpaphayom and Wilairatana 2004 [23]6 months8/13 (62%) 
Thread technique
Gang and Makhlouf 1988 [24]Min. 6 months3/62 (4.8%) 
Singhal et al. 2005 [25]2 years13/26 (50%) 
*Failure rate = recurrence + in complete resolution.