title: Surgical treatment of hepatic hydatid disease in children.
abstract: Fifty-one patients were operated on because of hydatid disease of the liver from 1980-1990. There were 29 male and 22 female patients with a mean age of 10 years (range 3 to 15 years). Thirty-two cysts were located in the right lobe, 6 were in the left lobe and 13 were bilateral. Introflexion was carried out in 27 patients, omentoplasty in 12, marsupialization in 8, capitonnage in 3 and total cystectomy in one patient. There were no deaths. Postoperative morbidity and mean postoperative stay were the lowest in patients treated by introflexion. We concluded that introflexion is a safe and valid surgical technique for patients with hydatid liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdener
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozok
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demircan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography