Abstract
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Human Hydatid disease or echinococcosis, caused by larval form of Echinococcus granulosus, has a worldwide distribution and is endemic in many countries especially in Mediterranean region, middle and Far East. OBJECTIVE: To compare of different surgical procedures used in treatment of hepatic Hydatid cysts and their outcomes and complications. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients with hepatic Hydatid cysts disease both symptomatic and asymptomatic of both sexes and any age group were evaluated by history, examination and investigations and data was collected, all patients underwent surgical treatment of different procedures, outcome and complications of such procedures were analyzed. RESULTS: All patients were treated surgically. Surgical procedures included external drainage, simple closure, marsupialization (group A), partial cystectomy with omentoplasty, pericystectomy and segmentectomy (group B). Group A techniques carried out a higher complication rate (39.1%) compared with group B techniques (10%) (P-value
Recommended Citation
Al-aubaidi, Tariq E.
(2010)
"Surgical Treatment of Hydatid Cyst of the Liver,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 14.
Available at:
https://www.ipmj.org/journal/vol9/iss2/14