Open AccessDouble dart technique of instillation of triamcinolone in ganglion over the wrist
Author(s) -
Dharmdas Paramhans,
Deepak M Nayak,
Rajkumar Mathur,
Kundan Kushwah
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.63286
Subject(s) - medicine , triamcinolone acetonide , wrist , ganglion cyst , ganglion , surgery , cyst , anesthesia , anatomy
Ganglia are the most common benign cystic swellings found over both the dorsal and volar aspects of the wrist. In spite of technical advancement, both operative and non-operative interventions achieve more or less similar results. Complete evacuation of gelatinous fluid followed with intra cystic instillation of triamcinolone has given encouraging results.