The standard treatment for mucous cysts with Heberden nodes is excision of the dorsolateral osteophytes and capsule of the distal interphalangeal joint or thumb interphalangeal joint, including the stalk of the cyst. The skin incision varies for cases depending upon the geometry. We propose a surgical method utilizing blind lateral approaches for treating such mucous cysts.

This paper was presented at:

• The 60th Annual Meeting, Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand, Nagoya, April 2017.

• The 12th Congress of Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of Hand, Melbourne, March 2020.

• The 64th Annual Meeting, Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand, Nagasaki, April 2021.

Article published online:
13 March 2023

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