Review Article
Treatment of Ganglion Cysts
| | | FU | Recurrence rate |
| Open excision |
| Angelides and Wallace 1976 [26] | Dorsal | 9 months–25 years | 3/346 (0.87%) | Janzon and Niechajev 1981 [27] | | 5 years | 21/144 (15%) | Clay and Clement 1988 [28] | Dorsal | 28 months (12–74 months) | 2/51 (3.9%) | Watson et al. 1989 [29, 30] | Dorsal and palmar | 16 years | 0/10 (0%) | Jacobs and Govaers 1990 [31] | Palmar | 70 months (3–220) | 20/71 (28%) | Wright et al. 1994 [13] | Palmar | 5 years (2–11 years) | 14/72 (19%) | Filan and Herbert 1996 [32] | Recurrent dorsal | 14 months (12–22) | 0/7 (0%) | Hwang et al. 1999 [33] | Dorsal | | 1/19 (5.3%) | Faithfull and Seeto 2000 [34] | Dorsal and palmar | 65 months (6–133) | 6/59 (10%) |
Gündeş et al. 2000 [35] | 24 dorsal | 27 months (6–48) | 8.3% | 16 volar | | 31.2% |
Akkerhuis et al. 2002 [20] | Wrist and foot | 12 months | 11/46 (24%) | Limpaphayom and Wilairatana 2004 [23] | Dorsal | 6 months | 2/11 (18%) | Kang et al. 2008 [36] | Dorsal | 12 months | 2/23 (8.7%) | Rocchi et al. 2008 [37] | Palmar | 24 months | 1/25 (4%) |
| Arthroscopy + open |
| Dias and Buch 2003 [6] | Palmar | 5 years | 33/79 (42%) | Dias et al. 2007 [7] | Dorsal | 70 months | 40/103 (39%) |
| Arthroscopic resection |
| Osterman and Raphael 1995 [38] | Dorsal | | 0/18 (0%) | Luchetti et al. 2000 [39] | Dorsal | 16 months | 2/34 (5.9%) |
Ho et al. 2001 [40] | Dorsal | 25 months (6–44) | 5/19 (26%) | Palmar | 16.4 months (10–25) | 0/5 (0%) | Nishikawa et al. 2001 [41] | Dorsal | 20 months | 2/37 (5.4%) | Shih et al. 2002 [42] | Dorsal | 26.8 months (15–37) | 0/32 (0%) | Rizzo et al. 2004 [43] | Dorsal | 47.8 months (28–97) | 2/41 (4.9%) |
Mathoulin et al. 2004 [44] | Dorsal | 34 months (12–46) | 4/96 (4.2%) | Palmar | 26 months (12–39) | 0/32 (0%) | Rocchi et al. 2006 [45] | Dorsal and palmar | 15 months (3–26) | 2/47 (4.3%) | Kang et al. 2008 [36] | Dorsal | 12 months | 2/28 (7.1%) | Rocchi et al. 2008 [37] | Palmar | 24 months | 3/25 (12%) | Edwards and Johansen 2009 [46] | Dorsal | Min. 24 months | 0/55 (0%) | Chen et al. 2010 [47] | Dorsal and palmar | 15.3 months | 1/15 (6.7%) |
|
|