title: [Laparoscopic surgery of hepatic hydatid cyst at the 3rd Surgical Clinic, Cluj-Napoca].
abstract: In the III-rd Surgical Clinic Cluj-Napoca, during 1996-2005, there was operated laparoscopic 33 patients with hepatic hydatid cyst. The sex ratio was M10/F23, with a mean age of 34 years and with ages between 10 and 66 years. Hepatic echography was used in preoperative diagnosis. The hepatic hydatid cysts were situated in 9 cases in the left liver (II-III-IV Couinaud segments) and in 24 cases in the right liver (15 cases in the V-VI segments and 9 cases in the VII-VIII Couinaud segments). The laparoscopic treatment was performed by Lagrot pericystectomy at 31 patients and by ideal cystectomy at 2 patients. Around the cyst there were put switches impregnated with formalin 2% or hypertonic saline 20% to prevent peritoneal insemination. The cyst sterilization was done in most cases with hypertonic saline solution. The mean postoperative hospitalization was 5,6 days, with the range 1-21 days. Laparoscopic surgery with the well known advantages offers a good alternative to classic surgery in the treatment of hepatic hydatid cyst.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgie III, UMF "Iuliu Haţieganu" Cluj-Napoca. luminitanes@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Luminiţa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Furcea
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pop
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iancu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bala
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Radu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Graur
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tomuş
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome