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PULMONARY HYDATID CYST: A 25‐YEAR EXPERIENCE
Author(s) -
PERIANAYAGAM W. JOHN,
FREITAS EDWARD,
SHARMA S. S.,
MULAUDHARAN S.,
JAIRAJ P. S.,
JOHN STANLEY
Publication year - 1979
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.1445-2197.1979.tb05838.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enucleation , hydatid cyst , incidence (geometry) , surgery , cyst , marsupialization , resection , radiography , general surgery , pulmonary infection , physics , optics
This study reviews our experience with 102 patients operated on tor pulmonary hydatid cysts during a 25‐year period. The sex incidence was approximately equal. All subjects except three were symptomatic. The diagnosis was made on the radiographic findings. Early surgery is advised for complicated cysts in view of their increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. Surgical treatment included Barrett's enucleation for uncomplicated cysts and resection for complicated ones.