HYDATID CYST-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT

Surgical management of hydatid cyst of the lung.

Hepatic hydatid cyst: a non-surgical approach.

Echinococcosis/hydatidosis is common in societies where agriculture and livestock are frequent, and represents a public health problem. The therapeutic management depends on the cyst's characteristics, the patient, and surgical contraindications. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a valuable tool in the diagnosis and treatment of complicated hepatic hydatid disease. Ultrasonograp...

Isolated renal hydatid cyst: diagnosis and management.

1Medical Laser Application Research Center; Department of Urology, Shohadae-Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Department of Radiology, Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Razzaghi,1 Mohammad Mohsen Mazloomfard,1 Hooman Bahrami-Motlagh,2 Babak Javanmard1 Isolated Renal Hydatid Cyst D...

Laparoscopic Management of Hydatid Cyst in Children

The management of hydatidosis includes medical treatment with Albendazole in association with surgical treatment. Surgical procedures vary from puncture-aspiration-injection-reaspiration (PAIR) to partial resection and they can be divided into conservative or radical surgeries [2]. When talking about the conservative procedure (Lagrot pericystectomy) the hepatic parenchyma is not damaged and th...

Laparoscopic Management of Renal Hydatid Cyst

INTRODUCTION Renal involvement by hydatid disease is uncommon. The patients may be asymptomatic or present with flank pain, hematuria, and hypertension. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment, and options include cyst deroofing, partial nephrectomy, and total nephrectomy. We share our experience of laparoscopic management of 3 patients with large hydatid cysts of the kidney and review the literat...