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- Title
Surgical Treatment in Liver Cyst Hydatic Cases: Analysis of 276 Patients.
- Authors
Küçük, Can; Yılmaz, Namık; Akyıldız, Hızır; Sözüer, Erdoğan
- Abstract
Purpose: Hepatic hydatid disease is still a significant public health problem in Turkey. It is a parasitic infection, which liver is the most frequently infected organ. Surgical treatment has been controversial for a long time. Material and Methods: Patients, which has been undergone surgical therapies with the diagnosis of hepatic hydatid disease were retrospectively analyzed during 15 years period between January 1986 and December 2000 at the Department of General Surgery, Erciyes University Medical School. Results: Overall 276 patients with hepatic hydatid disease were included in the study. Of these, 152 (%55) were male and 124 (%45) were female. The most common complaints were right upper quadrant or epigastric pain and abdominal fullness. Right upper quadrant or epigastric tenderness and hepatomegaly were the most common findings obtained from the physical examination. Of the patients, 17 (%6.4) patients with USG and 3(2.4%) with CT showed miscorrelation with the surgical exploratory findings. As the surgical treatment, cystodrainage with partial cystectomy was the most commonly procedure in 196(%71) patients. Twenty patients (%7.2) had complication postoperatively and biliary fistula was the most common complication (%3.2). Conclusion: Although the improvement in conventional treatment modalities, surgical therapy is still the main treatment option for hepatic hydatid disease.
- Subjects
PUBLIC health; HUMAN services; COMMUNICABLE diseases; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL care; SOLAR plexus; AUTONOMIC ganglia; AUTONOMIC nervous system; CILIARY ganglion
- Publication
Erciyes Medical Journal / Erciyes Tip Dergisi, 2008, Vol 30, Issue 3, p170
- ISSN
2149-2247
- Publication type
Article