Diagnosis and surgical treatment of patients with femoral vein compression from synovial cyst of hip joint

VernacularTitle:髋关节滑膜囊肿压迫股静脉的临床诊疗分析
Author: Yuqing YE ¹ ; Xueli GUO ; Yuanzhang GENG ; Chuang ZHANG ; Ningheng CHEN ; Dongdong ZHANG
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1. 450000,郑州大学第一附属医院血管外科
Keywords: Synovial cyst; Hip joint; Femoral vein compression; Lower extremity swelling
From: Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2018;33(1):53-56
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the diagnosis,treatment and outcomes of femoral vein compression by the synovial cyst of the hip joint.Methods A retrospective study was performed on 13 patients with femoral vein compression from the hip joint synovial cyst between March 2010 and June 2017.Results All the patients received Doppler ultrasound exam.Five (38％) patients received CT.Eight (61.6％) patients received MRI.Surgeries were performed and successful in 12 cases,the synovial cysts were completely removed.All postoperative pathologic results were confirmed as synovial cyst.The median follow-up time was 24 months without recurrence.One patient treated by percutaneous needle aspiration suffered from early cyst recurrence one month after the procedure.Conclusions Surgical excision is the preferred treatment method,postoperative symptoms improve significantly without cyst recurrence.