Treatments of non-parasitic giant hepatic cysts.
This retrospective study presents the results of surgical treatments for large cyst of the liver over 10 cm in diameter in 9 patients diagnosed and treated at Kurume University Hospital. There were 8 women and 1 man, with an average age of 71.6 years. Although the chief complaints were abdominal pain or fullness, 1 had obstructive jaundice due to biliary compression by a large cyst. Cyst size ranged from 10 cm to 27 cm. There are several treatment modalities for giant hepatic cyst, such as cyst resection, unroofing, and sclerotherapy after cyst drainage. Operative procedures in the patients reported here were surgical resection of the liver cyst in 3 patients, unroofing with ethanol sclerotherapy in 1 patient and laparoscopic treatment in 2 patients. Sclerotherapy after percutaneous transhepatic cyst drainage was performed in 3 patients because their general condition was poor. There were no postoperative complications among these patients. Costs varied among the patients and depended mainly on the method of treatment and period of hospital stay. We discuss operative procedures and costs of treatment of each patient and review the literature.
Eriguchi
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Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
Aoyagi
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S
Tamae
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T
Kanazawa
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N
Nagashima
J
J
Horiuchi
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H
Uchida
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S
Hiraki
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M
D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies