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Published in final edited form as: J Hand Surg Am. 2022 Nov 17;48(1):9–18. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2022.09.002

TABLE 1.

Recurrence and Complication Rates of Treatments

Event	Value	SD	Source

Adverse Events Probabilities for recurrence
Aspiration	53.9%	2.1%	Literature^{17–19,28,29}
Open excision	20.7%	1.6%	Literature^{18,19,22,28,30–36}
Arthroscopic excision	8.5%	0.4%	Literature^{21,22,25–27,38—46}
Probabilities for infection/hematoma req. OR
Aspiration	None reported	-	Literature^{17–19,28,29}
Open excision (OR and PR)	0.3%	-	Literature¹⁸,¹⁹,²²,²⁸,^30–36
Arthroscopic excision	0.3%	-	Literature^{21,22,25–27,38–46}