[Cyst puncture aspiration in 40 cases of abdominal echinococcosis].
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.
Peng
Shun-zhou
SZ
Department of Surgery, 41 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Shannan 856100, Tibet, China. Pengsz@hotmail.com
Xu
Qun-hong
QH
Zhou
Zhi-de
ZD
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