title: Pericystectomy for the treatment of hepatic hydatid cysts.
abstract: Management of the pericystic membrane is still a major problem in the treatment of hepatic hydatid disease. In a series of 23 patients with 45 cysts, complicated forms constituted 51% of all cysts. Radical removal, mainly by pericystectomy, was achieved in two thirds of cysts and in 50% of cases. Pericystectomy, if carried out in the correct plane of cleavage, is a safe procedure that ensures complete and rapid cure in appropriately selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, Alfateh University, Tripoli, Libya.
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authors.lastname: Elhamel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications