title: [One-stage operation for multi-organ echinococcosis (bilateral pulmonary, hepatic and splenic) by sterno-laparotomy].
abstract: Between 1990 and 2001 in Thoracic Surgery Department at SHATPD "Saint Sophia"--Sofia a total of 821 patients with pulmonary hydatidosis were operated on. In 5 (0.6%) of them the cysts were situated in the both lungs, lever and spleen. For the first time in the surgical practice a sterno-laparotomy were carried out for one-stage cysts' removal in this multi-organ localization. The stages of this approach as well as the indications and contraindications for its applications are described in detail.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dzhambazov
authors.forename: Ts
authors.initials: Ts
authors.lastname: Minchev
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Semkov
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simidchiev
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zagorchev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000601:surgery*; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery