Minimal Invasive Treatment of Abdominal Multiorgan Echinococcosis
Minimal Invasive Treatment of Abdominal Multiorgan Echinococcosis
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DOI:
10.9738/cc111.1
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
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0.1
通讯作者:
Nadim, Al Hajjar
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作者:
Tomus, Claudiu;Zaharie, Florin;Nadim, Al Hajjar
Hydatid disease is a severe zoonosis, exerting a high economic and social impact through its numerous complications, leading to disabilities, even death. Because of technical developments, especially the increasing experience of surgeons, laparoscopic surgery has been extended so that it can be successfully applied to abdominal hydatid cysts. We present the case of a 16-year-old patient who came to our clinic for upper abdominal pain. The abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) showed 2 cyst-like tumors, with hydatid features: one affecting the eighth liver segment and the other located at the upper pole of the spleen. We performed the surgical intervention using a laparoscopic approach, with an uneventful postoperative follow-up and the patient was discharged home on postoperative day 4. The postoperative images at 6 and 12 months showed a decrease in size of the remnant cystic cavities.