Arthroscopic Resection of Wrist Ganglion Arising from the Lunotriquetral Joint

Abstract

The dorsal wrist ganglion is the most common wrist mass, and previous studies have shown that it arises from the scapholunate interval in the vast majority of cases. Treatment has traditionally been open excision, and more recently arthroscopic resection has been established as an effective and less invasive treatment method. However, application of this technique to ganglia in atypical locations has not been reported, where open excision is the usual practice. This report describes two cases of atypical dorsal wrist ganglia that arose from the lunotriquetral (LT) joint, demonstrated by arthroscopic visualization and wrist arthrogram in one of them. Arthroscopic resection was performed, and the application of this technique to a dorsal wrist ganglion with an atypical origin and location is described.

Keywords

wrist ganglion - lunotriquetral joint - wrist arthroscopy - arthroscopic ganglion resection - atypical dorsal wrist ganglion - wrist arthrogram

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