Some enthusiasts combine their interest in trains with the hobby of monitoring radio communications, specializing in listening to radio communications of railroad operations using a scanner. Various magazines, clubs and museums are designed mainly for railfans, concentrating on the history of trains and railroads.
Surgical Therapy. Surgery currently is considered the definitive treatment for mucous cysts. It is recommended in the presence of ongoing pain, recurrent infection, or chronic drainage. Preoperative planning is limited, in that much of the procedure is based on intraoperative findings.
One study described treatment of fingernail deformities secondary to mucous cysts with removal of the osteophyte only, without excision of the ganglion or skin. In this study of 20 ganglion cysts, the ganglion did not recur in any patients, and two nails had residual grooves.