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I have had a ganglion cist in my left wrist for 5+ years. what can i do to get rid of it?
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Surgery?: Best treatment option for permanent removal is surgery. You can drain it too, but they recur more. In the darker days of medicine, doctors would smash them with a blunt object. Ouch!
Answered 1/30/2012
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Surgery: A gangion will not go away, and may simulate a tumor on a tendon which could be locally invasive. Get is fixed by you local friendly orthopedic hand surgeon.
Answered 6/18/2015
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