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Ganglia: The Patient’s Perception

From the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK

Correspondence: Professor T. R. C. Davis, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK

This study investigates the concerns of 50 patients with ganglia and their reasons for primary care consultation and referral to a hand unit. Although a minority of patients sought advice and treatment because of pain, more (38%) were concerned about the cosmetic appearance and a significant number (28%) were concerned that their ganglion was a malignant growth. The general practitioners referred 70% of patients to the hand clinic for "excision of the ganglion" and 30% for further "advice and treatment". However, 74% of patients were satisfied with aspiration of the ganglion and general advice.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 25, No. 6, 566-567 (2000)
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2000.0504


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