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Ganglions are the most common soft-tissue tumors seen and treated in the hand and
wrist. A wide variety of treatments have been described including observation, aspiration,
sclerotherapy, and open surgical excision. Arthroscopic ganglion resection provides
a minimally invasive means to safely resect dorsal wrist ganglions while avoiding
the requisite scar accompanying open resection. Arthroscopic ganglionectomy allows
a more complete examination of the wrist to include the etiology and location of the
ganglions, and associated intra-articular problems. Arthroscopic resection is an approach
that prevents some of the complications of an open excision, and that may provide
a lower recurrence rate.
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© 2002 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc.
