Talk:Baker's cyst

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Suggested template for Orthopaedic Conditions (see Talk:Orthopedic surgery) is
Name
Definition
Synonyms
Incidence
Pathogenesis
Pathology
Stages
Classification
Natural History/Untreated Prognosis
Clinical Features
Investigation
Non-Operative Treatment
Risks of Non-Operative Treatment
Prognosis following Non-Operative Treatment
Operative Treatment (Note that each operations should have its own wiki entry)
Risks of Operative Treatment
Prognosis Post Operation
Complications
Management
Prevention
History
--Mylesclough 05:14, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Suggested therapies

With Baker's cyst being the correct wikipedia method of naming an article vs the duplicate Baker's Cyst, I have merged the articles. The merged in details from Baker's Cyst were of a poorer encyclopaedic quality of wrioting and seemed speculative to me. In particular:

• Heat therapy - needs citations, both as to whether commonly tried and secondly whetehr actually works
• Knee bracing - does it really help reduce pain by stimulating nerve fibre. Sounds nonsense to me (there is no couner-stimulation of say rubbing, mild irrittnts or of accupuncture to start eliciting Gate Control Theory of pain downregulation). Surely just that a bracked knee flexes less during walking and so less pressure applied to teh cyst ?
• Knee bracing - given that compression by Baker's Cysts may cause a DVT, surely further compression to area only further restricts venous flow and increases risk further. Do orthopaedics really still recomend this ? David Ruben ^Talk 16:37, 14 October 2006 (UTC)