Surgical Approach to Childhood Hydatid Cyst Disease: Experience of Two Centers

• Published in: Çocuk enfeksiyon dergisi Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. E163 - E167
• Main Authors: Saǧ, Sefa, Şalcı, Gül, Sarıhan, Haluk, İmamoǧlu, Mustafa, Cömert, Hatice Sonay Yalçın, Oǧuz, Şükrü
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Istanbul Aves Yayincilik Ltd. STI 01-09-2022
• Subjects: Catheters; Cysts; Intervention; Laparotomy; Liver; Medical treatment; Ostomy; Patients; Surgery; Tomography; United States > US
• ISSN: 1307-1068; 1308-5271
• DOI: 10.5578/ced.202297ll

Abstract Objective: We aimed to compare and evaluate our surgical approaches to childhood hydatid cyst (HC) disease by examining the diagnosis, follow-up and treatment records of patients with HC who underwent open surgery-percutaneous intervention. Material and Methods: Demographic, clinical, laboratory, treatment and follow-up findings of 35 patients with HC requiring surgical intervention between May 2010 and May 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. In this study, it was aimed to examine the diagnosis, follow-up and treatment records of HC patients having undergone open surgery and percutaneous intervention in our department and to comparatively present and evaluate our surgical approaches to childhood HC patients. With the amelioration of clinical findings, the decrease in the diameter of the cyst, collapse of the cyst, progressive increase in the echogenity of the cyst fluid and disunion of the membranes from the capsule were considered treatment success (9).