Review Article
Treatment of Ganglion Cysts
| | FU | Failure rate* | |
| Aspiration |
| Nield and Evans 1986 [8] | 1 year | 20/34 (59%) | | Esteban et al. 1986 [9] | 27 months (3–71) | 6/17 (35%) | | Zubowicz and Ishii 1987 [10] | 1 year–20 months | 7/47 (15%) | | Varley et al. 1997 [11] | 48 months (26–89) | 28/42 (67%) | | Stephen et al. 1999 [12] | 1 year | 35/51 (69%) | |
| Aspiration with or without steroid |
| Dias and Buch 2003 [6] | 5 years | 18/38 (47%) | | Dias et al. 2007 [7] | 70 months | 45/78 (58%) | |
| Steroid |
| Wright et al. 1994 [13] | 5 years (2–11 years) | 20/24 (83%) | | Breidahl and Adler 1996 [14] | 12 months | 6/10 (60%) | | Paul and Sochart 1997 [15] | 2 years | 28/35 (80%) | | Varley et al. 1997 [11] | 46 months (26–89) | 29/43 (67%) | |
| Sclerotherapy |
| Mackie et al. 1984 [16] | 3 months | 15/16 (94%) | Sclerosant (sodium tetradecyl disulphate) | Dogo et al. 2003 [17] | 24–36 months | 1/29 (3.4%) | Sclerosant (hypertonic saline) | Gümüş 2009 [18] | 17 months (6–29) | 1/17 (5.9%) | Transcutaneous electrocauterization |
| Hyaluronidase |
| Otu 1992 [19] | 6 months | 17/349 (5%) | | Paul and Sochart 1997 [15] | 2 years | 18/35 (51%) | |
Akkerhuis et al. 2002 [20] | 1 year | 33/43 (77%) | |
| Aspiration + multiple puncture |
| Richman et al. 1987 [21] | 22 months | 32/45 (71%) | | Korman et al. 1992 [22] | 1 year | 18/36 (50%) | | Stephen et al. 1999 [12] | 1 year | 32/41 (78%) | |
| Aspiration + multiple puncture + immobilization |
| Richman et al. 1987 [21] | 22 months | 24/42 (57%) | | Korman et al. 1992 [22] | 1 year | 16/33 (48%) | |
| Aspiration + steroid + immobilization |
| Limpaphayom and Wilairatana 2004 [23] | 6 months | 8/13 (62%) | |
| Thread technique |
| Gang and Makhlouf 1988 [24] | Min. 6 months | 3/62 (4.8%) | | Singhal et al. 2005 [25] | 2 years | 13/26 (50%) | |
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*Failure rate = recurrence + in complete resolution.
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