A 27-year-old female garments worker presented with a 1.5 × 1 cm firm, cystic swelling on the dorsum of her wrist — present for 2 years without pain. Local anaesthetic was used to successfully remove a dorsal wrist ganglion in a 2cm incision, removing the entire root stalk, with no complications or recurrence.

Wondering what is a lipoma? Read this real case study of lipoma removal under local anaesthetic with minimally invasive surgery (MIS), performed by Healing Surg, on a 3 year old back lipoma.