Ganglion & Mucoid Cyst (Surgical Management)

Threshold

Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) will only fund this procedure if the following criteria can be met:

• Chronic pain that has not responded to clinically appropriate pain relief for a period of one year

OR

• Neurological loss/weakness as a consequence of the ganglion or mucoid cyst.

Note: Aspiration as a conservative management will not be funded; the evidence shows that it is unreliable in its success and recurrence rates.

Cases for Individual Funding Consideration (Patients who do not meet the policy criteria)

On a case to case basis, patients might be eligible for surgical intervention, in consideration of their exceptionality. The requesting clinician must provide information to support the case for being considered an exception, by submitting an individual funding request.