Outcomes After Dorsal Wrist Ganglia Excision With or Without PIN

Launched by KENNETH TAYLOR, M.D. · Jun 17, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

The primary endpoint will be outcomes on subject surveys and questionnaires. Data will be collected pre- and post-operatively at 2 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and one year. Four questionnaires will be used, including the Visual Analog Pain Score (VAS), Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (QuickDASH) questionnaire, as well as the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Interference (PI), and the PROMIS Pain Behavior (PB) questionnaires.

Secondary outcomes include physical examination consisting of pre- and post-operative pinch and grip strength testing,...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Greater than or equal to 18 years of age
• • Gender: male/female (non-pregnant)
• • Diagnosis of symptomatic (pain and limited ability to perform activities of daily living) dorsal wrist ganglion cyst
• • Subjects who have chosen surgical management for their ganglion cyst diagnosis
• • Fluent in written and spoken English
• • Subject is able to provide voluntary, written informed consent
• • Subject, in the opinion of the clinical investigator, is able to understand the clinical investigation and is willing to perform all study procedures and follow-up visits
• • Non-Prisoners
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Less than 18 years of age
• • Non-elective surgery for this diagnosis
• • Chronic wrist instability of the operative extremity
• • Comorbid neurologic maladies of the operative extremity
• • Prior wrist surgery on either extremity
• • Non-English speaking
• • Prisoners
• • Pregnancy
• • Cognitive Impairment