title: Reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Basibuyuk Mah. Maltepe, 34844Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: leventalpay@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alpay
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tunc
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lacin
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ocakcioglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evman
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Talha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dogruyol
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vayvada
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baysungur
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yalcinkaya
mesh_terms: D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy