title: Sonography and clinical outcome of viable hydatid liver cysts treated with double percutaneous aspiration and ethanol injection as first-line therapy: efficacy and long-term follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to report our 19-year experience with sonography and the clinical outcome of viable hydatid liver cysts treated with double percutaneous aspiration and ethanol injection as first-line therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Viable hydatid liver cysts can be safely and successfully managed with double percutaneous aspiration and ethanol injection as first-line-therapy.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, D. Cotugno Hospital, Via Quagliariello 54, 80131 Naples, Italy. assanui1@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giorgio
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Sarno
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Stefano
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liorre
authors.forename: Nunzia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farella
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Scognamiglio
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Giorgio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D000431:Ethanol