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Ganglion cyst aspiration
A sterile needle is stuck into the cyst through the skin. The thick, viscous fluid is aspirated , emptying the cyst till it is collapsed.
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A 33-year old asked:
How do you do a ganglion cyst aspiration?
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A 35-year old asked:
Ganglion cyst aspiration - what makes the fluid inside?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: ganglion cyst aspiration?
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A 44-year old asked:
After one ganglion cyst aspiration, if the cyst is small should I still have it aspirated even though it's still there?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Swelling on toe after ganglion cyst aspiration for the 6th time. Not responding to antiobiotics for 4 weeks. Swollen/red, no worse, no better. Cause?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Is swelling and bruising of the hand from middle digit to pinky normal after a ganglion cyst aspiration?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Which is better for ganglion cyst. Surgery or aspiration?
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A 44-year old asked:
Ganglion cyst removed by aspiration. It has been more than 10 days, but my wrist is paining?
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A 42-year old asked:
Ganglion cyst- hand bruising after aspiration, should I be concerned?
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A 47-year old asked:
Ganglion cyst- hand bruising after aspiration. What should I do?
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A 46-year old asked:
Should I get surgery or a second aspiration for my ganglion cyst?
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A 31-year old asked:
Should i get a second aspiration of my ganglion cyst?
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A 47-year old asked:
Is it typical for a ganglion cyst to hurt so much after aspiration?
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A 49-year old asked:
Ganglion cyst - i still have pain after aspiration, what do you recommend?
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A 40-year old asked:
Should I get the aspiration for my ganglion cyst or try to smash it myself?
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A 55-year old female asked:
How likely is a ganglion cyst not to reoccur after having a 1st and 2nd aspiration?
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A 22-year old female asked:
How quickly can a dorsal ganglion cyst fill up again after aspiration? I just had mine aspirated less than 1 ago and i feel it has already returned.
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A 55-year old female asked:
How many times should I get aspiration done on my ankle ganglion cyst so that it won't reoccur?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I am getting an ultra-sound guided aspiration and injection of two painful ganglion cysts in my knee (one is over 3cm). What is recovery like?
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A 36-year old female asked about a 61-year old female:
What are the most common risks of having an ultrasound guided aspiration for a left, back knee ganglion cyst? Was told the recurrence rate is 50%. Is there anything I can do to also lower this rate?
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A 48-year old female asked:
I have a huge ganglion cyst on the top, right side of my right knee. After four or five aspirations. We finally decided on surgery. Well, I have had it aspirated twice since then (surgery was done in april 2012). The last aspiration removed 50cc of fl
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A 26-year old male asked:
What can happen when a ganglion cyst pops?
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A 47-year old asked:
Could a ganglion cyst go away on it's own?
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A member asked:
What type of dr. Would I see for a ganglion cyst?
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A 33-year old asked:
Please advise me what to do about a ganglion cyst?
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A 31-year old asked:
Ganglion cyst removal: indications, risks, alternatives?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Ganglion cyst?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is it possible for a ganglion cyst to disappear on is own?
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A 37-year old asked:
I have been diagnosed a ganglion cyst. What is it made of?
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A 44-year old asked:
The pain has not subsided at all from my ganglion cyst. What else can I do?
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