title: [Cyst puncture aspiration in 40 cases of abdominal echinococcosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of cyst puncture aspiration in treating abdominal echinococcosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was performed in 40 cases of abdominal echinococcosis with formation of isolated single cyst in close adhesion with the abdominal wall, for which cyst puncture aspiration was carried out under ultrasound guidance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No death occurred in these patients and only 15 developed mild fever. The days for antibiotic use, jaundice resolution, bile secretion, time of extubation and hospital stay were 2.88+/-0.65, 3.50+/-0.71, 4.25+/-0.96, 5.38+/-0.98 and 9.35+/-1.08 days, respectively. Ultrasound examination in the follow-up showed no relapse in these patients, with the time of the residue adhesive cyst closure and calcification of 4.50+/-1.13 and 13.90+/-2.38 months, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cyst puncture aspiration under ultrasound guidance produces good therapeutic effects on abdominal echinococcosis with isolated single cyst closely adhering to the abdominal wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 41 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Shannan 856100, Tibet, China. Pengsz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Shun-zhou
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Qun-hong
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhi-de
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014463:Ultrasonography