Treatment of digital myxoid cysts with infrared coagulation: A retrospective case series

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 972-975

  Lonsdale Eccles, A A ^a   Langtry, J A A ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital myxoid cysts; Infrared coagulator

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; CYST; DIGITAL MYXOID CYST; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THERMAL INJURY; TOE; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOOT DERMATOSES; GANGLION CYSTS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27544433125     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06854.x     Document Type: Article

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