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FLEXOR TENDON SHEATH GANGLION: ANALYSIS OF 128 CASES

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Shimonoseki, Japan

Connecticut Combined Hand Surgery Service — Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA

Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

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H. K. Watson

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Shimonoseki, Japan

Connecticut Combined Hand Surgery Service — Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA

Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Correspondence to: Dr. H. Kirk Watson, Connecticut Combined Hand Surgery Service, 85 Seymour St., Suite 816, Hartford, CT 06106, USA. Tel: (+01) 860-527-7161, Fax: (+01) 860-728-3227.

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S. Renaud

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Shimonoseki, Japan

Connecticut Combined Hand Surgery Service — Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA

Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810404001930Cited by:28 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A 30-year analysis of 128 patients with flexor tendon sheath ganglion was investigated. The majority of patients were females with sex ratio of 2.6 : 1. Most of the patients are in their third to fifth decade of life. Hand dominance, previous trauma as well as other illnesses involving the hand did not show any correlation to the formation of ganglion. The middle finger was most commonly affected and 69% of the ganglion were located on A1 and A2 pulley. Recurrence was high (89%) after multiple percutaneous puncture and treatment was successful with no cases of recurrence after surgical excision.

Keywords:

Ganglion

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