title: Endoscopic management of biliary hydatid disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of endoscopic sphincterotomy in the management of biliary hydatid disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case study between January 1992 and December 1994.
  
  
  METHODS
  A university-affiliated hospital in Adana, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five patients with biliary hydatid disease, in which the cyst had ruptured into the biliary tree. The follow-up ranged from 3 to 12 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Endoscopic sphincterotomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Morbidity, morality and recurrence of the disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients underwent successful endoscopic sphincterotomy, including removal of daughter cysts. During the follow-up period, ultrasonography and laboratory investigations showed complete cure in all patients. There were no complications due to endoscopic sphincterotomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endoscopic sphincterotomy is the treatment of choice for the management of hydatid cysts that have ruptured into the biliary tract causing obstructive jaundice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Balcali Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akkiz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akinoglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colakoglu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demiryürek
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yagmur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000469:parasitology; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic / Q000379:methods*