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3 - Ganglia IFSSH 2022
3 - Ganglia IFSSH 2022
(NOT INTRA-OSSEOUS)
• Localisation: Everywhere
a joint is present or a
synovial lining
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WRIST GANGLIA
• Annual incidence 25/ 100,00 Male vs
43/ 100,000 Females
• Both hands
• Intra-ligamentous degeneration
• No synovial lining
radius
lunate
5 years
• Ponction +/- injection recurrence Volar Dorsal
rate
• Irritating suture through the
ganglion Abstention 48% 55%
Faithful DK, Seeto BD. The simple wrist ganglion - more than a minor surgical procedure , Hand Surg 2000;5(2):39-43
Jacobs LGH, Govaers KJM. The volar wrist ganglion : Just a simple cyst ? J Hand Surg 1990 ; 15-B : 342-346.
WRIST GANGLIA: A°SCOPIC TREATMENT
Rocchi L, et al. Articular ganglia of the volar aspect of the wrist: arthroscopic resection compared with open excision. A prospective randomised study. Scand J
Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2008;42(5):253–9.
Kang L, et al.. Arthroscopic versus open dorsal ganglion excision: a prospective, randomized comparison of rates of recurrence and of residual pain. J Hand Surg
Am 2008;33(4): 471–5.
Fernandes CH et al. A systematic review of complications and recurrence rate of arthroscopic resection of volar wrist ganglion. hand Surg 2014 ;19(3):475-80.
MUCOUS CYSTS
• 2nd in frequency
• Spontaneous rupture
• Simple excision
• Osteophytes removal
• DIP arthrodesis
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Recurrence rate
Fritz GR et al. Complications following mucous cyst excision . J Hand Surg 1997;222B(2):222-225
DIGITAL SHEATH GANGLIA
• 5-15% of all hand ganglia
Bittner JG et al. Management of Flexor Tendon Sheath Ganglions: A Cost Analysis. J Hand Surg 2002;27A:586–590
Forster B, Forster I. Aspiration of exor tendon sheath ganglion guided by ultrasonography. An alternative to blind aspiration or surgery?
Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir. 2009 Feb;41(1):56-7.
Finsen V et al. Surgery for ganglia of the exor tendon sheath. Ortho Rev 2013; 5: 27-28
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PIP GANGLIA
• From the joint capsule
• Surgical excision
includes the dorsal
capsule
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CARPAL BOSS GANGLION
• Associated with carpal boss
in 30% of cases
• Non-operative
management
• Middle-aged patients
Primum non nocere: Hippocrate: 410 bc de ned the goal of medicine : « to have, facing diseases, two goals:
be useful or at least do not harm » (« ἀσκέειν, περὶ τὰ νουσήματα, δύο, ὠφελέειν, ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν »).
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