Authors: Figen Türk Gökhan Yuncu Nevzat Karabulut Tarık Türk Murat Ozban Ersin Ali Zümrütbas Beyza Akdag
Publish Date: 2013/06/18
Volume: 37, Issue: 10, Pages: 2306-2312
Abstract
A total of 76 hydatid cyst cases surgically treated between the years 2007 and 2012 were divided into three groups according to radiological evidence of other organ involvement and surgical procedures group 1 had only unilateral thoracic involvement and a single incision group 2 had additional involvement of the contralateral thoracic side or extrathoracic organs and at most two incisions were performed at the same session and group 3 had two or more incisions performed at separate sessions in addition to the involvement features of group 2We had 46 605 cases with only thoracic involvement and 30 others 395 with extrathoracic organ involvement Complications were seen in only one patient each in the first and second groups and in 6 patients in the third group Duration of hospital stay was 704 ± 086 5–9 days in group 1833 ± 187 7–13 days in group 2 and 1395 ± 203 9–18 days in group 3Although multiple session surgery is used to decrease the risk of complications contamination and infection in multiple or bilateral pulmonary hydatid cyst cases or in patients with other organ involvement singlesession surgery can be used in selected cases taking into account the operative trauma financial consequences and psychological profile
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