Actual procedure showing aspiration in the clinic of a ganglion cyst on the patient's wrist.
This shows how a ganglion cyst can be treated in the office by simple aspiration using a sterile needle. This is one way to treat these common hand cysts, but the recurrence rate (how likely it can return) is quite high. Surgery may offer a more permanent solution.
Sanjay Sharma, MD
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