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KMID : 0613320060120010063
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Journal of the Korean Bone and Joint Tumor Soceity
2006 Volume.12 No. 1 p.63 ~ p.70
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Clinical Outcomes of the Surgical Excision of the Ganglion Cyst Causing Compressive Neuropathy - A Review of Twelve Collected Cases -
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Jung Sung-Taek
Cho Sung-Bum
Moon Eun-Sun
Lee Jae-Joon
Kim Ki-hyeoung
Yang Hyun-Kee
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of current study was to review the surgical treatment results in patients with a ganglion cyst involving peripheral nerves and to suggest the poor prognostic factor.
Materials and Methods: Twelve patients having neurologic symptoms caused by ganglion cyst were treated operatively between 1995 and 2000. The peripheral nerves involved were the tibial nerve in three patients, suprascapular nerve, common peroneal nerve, radial nerve, and ulnar nerve in two patients each, and median nerve in one patient. Pain was present in six patients, sensory disturbance or motor weakness was seen in seven patients each; and sensory disturbance and motor weakness were concurrently present in four patients.
Results: In all six patients who complained of preoperative pain, the pain was resolved after surgery. Improvements were seen in five of seven patients who had preoperative sensory disturbance and in all patients who had preoperative motor weakness. Complete sensory recovery was obtained in only two of four patients with preoperative sensory disturbance and motor weakness, indicating a poor prognosis factor.
Conclusion: Early accurate diagnosis and early excision of these ganglion cysts causing compression neuropathy could produce excellent clinical results.
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KEYWORD
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Ganglion cyst, Compressive neuropathy
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