Table 4.

Treatment, joint connection, histological examination and follow up.

	Treatment	Joint connection	Histology	Follow up and outcome
Maeda et al.1	Cyst resection, autologous graft interposition (great saphenous vein)	No	Yes	Asymptomatic at three months
Park et al.2	Cyst resection with primary anastomosis	No	Yes	Recurrence after 200 days. Treated by cyst resection, autologous graft interposition (great saphenous vein) with, no recurrence at 12 months
Gagnon et al.3	Cyst resection, autologous graft interposition (great saphenous vein)	No	Yes	Asymptomatic at 12 months
Rehman et al.4	Cyst resection, patch repair	No	Yes	Recurrence after four years with replacement of a prosthetic graft bypass. No recurrence at six months
Patel et al.5	Cyst resection, autologous graft interposition (great saphenous vein)	No	Yes	Recurrence after two months treated by cyst resection, prosthetic graft interposition. No recurrence at six months follow up
Keiji et al.6	Cyst incision and decompression	No	Yes .	Recurrence after 20 days. Treated with cyst resection, prosthetic graft interposition. No recurrence at two years follow up
Esposito et al.7	Cyst resection, patch repair	No	Yes	Asymptomatic at 12 months
Kim et al.8	Cyst resection, patch repair	No	Yes	Unknown
Steffen et al.9	Cyst resection, patch repair	No	Yes	Asymptomatic at three months
Jindal et al.10	Cyst resection, autologous graft interposition (great saphenous vein)	No	Yes	Asymptomatic at four years
Jindal et al.10	Cyst resection, patch repair	No	Yes	Asymptomatic at one year
Kim et al.11	Cyst resection, prosthetic graft interposition, ligation of fistula	Yes	Yes	Asymptomatic at one year
Kim et al.12	Cyst resection, prosthetic graft interposition, ligation of fistula	Yes	Yes	Unknown
Wu et al.13	Cyst resection	No	Yes	Asymptomatic at six months
Lovelock et al.14	Cyst resection, autologous graft bypass (great saphenous vein)	No	Yes	Asymptomatic at six weeks
Dharmaraj et al.15	Cyst resection, Prosthetic graft bypass	No	Yes	-