Karrer, Sigrid and Hohenleutner, Ulrich and Szeimies, Rolf-Markus and Landthaler, Michael (1999) Treatment of digital mucous cysts with a carbon dioxide laser. ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA, 79 (3). pp. 224-225. ISSN 0001-5555,
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Digital mucous cysts are common tumours of the distal interphalangeal joint, causing pain, cosmetic disfigurement and nail deformities. This study describes six patients suffering from digital mucous cysts, some of which recurred after surgery. Carbon dioxide laser vaporization was performed under local anaesthesia, resulting in complete remission in four out of six patients. In two patients, the mucous cyst recurred within 3 weeks and 11 months, respectively, after laser therapy. Although complete remission cannot be achieved in all patients, carbon dioxide laser vaporization of mucous cysts is fast and easy to perform. No side-effects of therapy, such as nail deformities, pain or infection, occurred. For this reason, more aggressive treatments, such as radical excision of the cyst, could be restricted to cases in which carbon dioxide laser therapy fails.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ; laser vaporization; myxomatous cyst; digital cyst; ganglion |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Dermatologie und Venerologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2022 09:10 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2022 09:10 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/48250 |
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