Chaise F, Gaisne E, Friol J P, Bellemère P
Département de Chirurgie de la Main et des Nerfs périphériques, Clinique Mutualiste de Loire-Atlantique, Nantes.
Ann Chir Main Memb Super. 1994;13(3):184-9. doi: 10.1016/s0753-9053(94)80045-6.
100 mucous cysts of distal interphalangeal joint were treated by a radical excision that involved skin, cyst and dorsal capsular structures. The follow up was 2 years minimum, only two recurrence were noted, with other procedure the tate of recurrence is higher (10 to 20%). The proposed procedure is based on two hypothegenesis: skin localisation of mucous jelly, and degeneration of dorsal capsular structure of an arthritic joint.