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During a period of 25 years, 500 dorsal ganglions of the wrist were treated surgically.
Three hundred and forty-six were followed for a minimum of 9 months; there were three
recurrences. Dissection of the cysts under magnification of six to 25 times and serial
microscopic studies showed evidence of a one way, valvelike system between the scapholunate
joint and the ganglion. Stress, as a cause of ganglions, is suggested. Operative treatment
involved excising all attachments to the scapholunate ligament.
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Publication history
Received:
June 11,
1976
Footnotes
Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, New Orleans, La., Jan. 28–30, 1976.
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© 1976 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
