Y. Shigeno et al., TREATMENT OF CYSTIC LESIONS OF SOFT-TISSUE USING FIBRIN SEALANT, Clinical orthopaedics and related research, (321), 1995, pp. 239-244
A new method was devised for treating 29 patients with cystic lesions
of the soft tissue (popliteal cysts, bursitis, and ganglia) by injecti
ng a fibrin sealant into the cyst after the aspiration of the contents
, During the followup period (mean, 2.2 years), cysts did not recur in
22 (76%) patients, Of the 7 patients with recurrences, 4 were treated
again in the same manner and 3 of these cases have not recurred, Addi
tionally, to investigate the healing process in cysts, fibrin sealant
was injected into the space between the abdominal muscle and the perit
oneum of rats, Specimens were obtained after the rats were sacrificed
at 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks after injection, and were examined histopathol
ogically, The fibrin sealant was found to be completely resorbed and r
eplaced with organized granulation tissue, In case of multiple failed
aspirations to the cystic lesions, this new method is recommended befo
re surgery.