Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about Ganglion cysts, a fairly common musculoskeletal problem. They describe what they see in the clinic, how they determine if a lesion is a Ganglion cyst and how they use aspiration surgery to treat it.

 QUOTES:

“One does not simply pop a Ganglion cyst.” - Dr. Damien Dauphinee [06:08]

“The surgery part works really well. Like you said, maybe 10-20 percent it’ll come back, but yeah, very low chance of it coming back.” - Dr. Raafae Hussain [15:59]

Top Takeaways:

• What is Ganglion cysts
• What the Pod Doctors see common see with Ganglion cysts in the clinic
• How they determine it’s a Ganglion cyst
• How they treat a Ganglion cyst with aspiration surgery
• The recovery period

What You Will Learn:

• [00:39] Intro
• [01:42] Why you should get the COVID-19 vaccine
• [05:59] What is Ganglion cysts
• [06:28] What the Pod Doctors see clinically
• [08:18] How they determine it’s a Ganglion cyst
• [11:33] Treating with aspiration surgery
• [16:41] Recovery
• [17:43] Outro

Resources:

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Book Mentioned: Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Advanced Treatments for Preventing Amputations in Diabetic Populations by Dr. Damien Dauphinee