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- Title
Preliminary Report of the Effectiveness of Tetracycline Sclerotherapy in Treatment of Ganglion.
- Authors
Ashindoitiang, J. A.
- Abstract
Ganglion, a benign cyst, most common soft tissue tumor of the hand, usually occurs in the hand, wrist, and foot. It is difficult to treat as reoccurrence is common after surgery and also following other treatment procedures. In this study, sclerotherapy technique in 20 patients treated using a solution of tetracycline after aspiration is described. Most of the patients in this study were between the ages of 20 and 35 years. 16 patients had ganglion on the dorsum of the wrist, 2 patients had bilateral ganglion, and 2 patients had ganglion on the dorsum of the foot. Under aseptic conditions, the ganglions were aspirated using size 21G needles, and then 1mL equivalent to 100 mg/mL solution of tetracycline was injected. In the postoperative followup ranging between 18 months to 5 years, 2 reoccurrences were noticed that required the same technique. This procedure is simple, safe, effective, and cheap when compared to surgery and other nonsurgical procedure of treating ganglion.
- Subjects
TETRACYCLINES; SCLEROTHERAPY; SOFT tissue tumors; CYSTS (Pathology); COMPARATIVE studies; POSTOPERATIVE period; FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine); TUMOR treatment
- Publication
Plastic Surgery International, 2012, p1
- ISSN
2090-1461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2012/624209