Premium
HYDATID CYSTS INVOLVING THE DOME OF THE LIVER 1
Author(s) -
Barnett Louis
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1938.tb02771.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dome (geology) , hydatid cyst , latency stage , general surgery , radiology , surgery , cyst , paleontology , biology
Summary. A simplified explanation based on broad principles is given of the numerous and sometimes puzzling complications associated with old‐standing hydatid cysts of the dome of the liver. Attention is called to the clinical latency of these cysts over a long period, to errors in diagnosis, to the evil influence of bile contamination, and to the pros and cons of the abdominal and thoracic lines of approach in operating.