Laparoscopic pericystectomy of a liver hydatid cyst.
The case of a patient with a liver hydatid cyst in the sixth hepatic segment is reported. Its favorable localization and its calcified state incited us to treat it by laparoscopy. The employed technique is discussed.
Guibert
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L
Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Bicêtre Hospital, University of Paris XI, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
Gayral
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F
D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography