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Aspiration and puncture of ganglion cyst

Patient Positioning

Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm down resting on the examination table.

Probe Positioning

Place the transducer on a transverse plane over the cyst. Perform the puncture and aspiration in plane.

Ultrasound guided aspiration and puncture of a ganglion cyst of the extensor tendons. Try to compress the former cyst after the intervention with a bandage to improve the result (recurrence rate lower).
Ultrasound guided aspiration and puncture of a small radiodorsal ganglion cyst originating from the scapholunate ligament