PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of parenchymal saving methods for giant lung hydatid cysts and to discuss the necessity of anatomic lung resection in childhood. METHODS The patients under the age of 16 years who were operated between January 2000 and January 2017 due to pulmonary hydatid cyst were evaluated retrospectively (n = 200). In all, 32 patients who had giant ...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease is an endemic condition in several parts of the world. Owing to ease of travel, even surgeons in nonendemic areas encounter the disease and should be aware of its optimum treatment. A safe, new method of laparoscopic management of hepatic hydatid disease is described along with a review of the relevant literature. METHODS Sixty-six cases of hepatic hydatid disease w...

Spillage of scoleces is a major problem in surgery of hydatid cysts, because each of them may develop into a new cyst if it settles on a suitable site such as the peritoneum. Many surgeons believe that scoleces in ruptured hydatid cysts of the liver containing bile are not able to develop new cysts, because bile kills thein. In order to prove this idea, the viability of scoleces in such cys...

INTRODUCTION Echinococcosis is a parasitic and zoonotic disease of animals and humans. The cause is Echinococcus granulosus and occasionally, Echinococcus multilocularis. Hydatid cysts are mostly seen in the liver and lungs, although almost all organs and systemscan be involvement. Hydatid cysts seen with bone involvement comprise approximately 3% of all hydatid cysts. Even if a long period of ...

Hydatid disease remains a serious health problem for the Mediterranean countries, such as Turkey. Living in a rural area is an important risk factor for the disease. Hydatid cysts are usually located in the liver, lung, and brain. Mediastinal hydatid disease is very rare that have been only anecdotally in the literature. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic ...

BACKGROUND Hydatidosis is a common zoonosis that affects a large number of humans and animals, especially in poorly developed countries. The infesting parasite has four forms named Echinococcus granulosis, E. multilocularis, E. vogeli and E. oligarthrus (very rare in humans). The most frequently involved organs are liver followed by the lung. The involvement of the genital tract is rare and the...

We report the laparoscopic use of a novel perforator-grinder-aspirator apparatus, specifically designed for the evacuation of hydatid cysts. Eleven hepatic hydatid cysts in six patients were treated by laparoscopic technique using this tool, which penetrates the cyst mainly by opening a hole in the cyst wall, grinds the particulate, and sucks it all out; classic surgical aspirators are almost a...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease is endemic in the cattle grazing areas. It is a parasitic infection caused by the Echinoccocus Granulosus. Dogs are the definitive host and humans get infected either by contact with the definitive host or by consuming hydatid ova contaminated vegetables. METHODS A 42 yr old lady presented with shortness of breath on exertion, orthopnea and progressively increasing ...