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The Dangers of Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Ganglia

From the Cardiff Royal Infirmary and the University Hospital of Wales

Correspondence: I. G. Mackie, F.R.C.S., Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, Wales.

Sixteen ganglia were treated by injection with sclerosant (Sodium Tetradecyl Disulphate), fifteen failed to respond. We present radiological and electron microscopical data together with animal studies to explain the failure and to show the inherent dangers of this therapy.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 9, No. 2, 181-184 (1984)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(84)80025-X


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