ArticleWorld journal of surgery2017
Laparoscopic Treatment in Children with Hydatid Cyst of the Liver.
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- Treatment of uncomplicated hepatic cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Endocystectomy as a conservative surgical treatment for hepatic cystic echinococcosis: A systematic review with single-arm meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Laparoscopic partial pericystectomy for a giant hepatic hydatid cyst in an 8-year-old child: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Medical, Surgical, and Combined Approaches in Pediatric Hydatid Liver Disease: A Systematic Review.Pediatric reports · 2026Review
- Laparoscopic procedure versus conventional cystectomy for pediatric hepatic cystic echinococcosis:a controlled clinical study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Pediatric hepatic hydatid cysts: recurrence risk factors following laparoscopic surgery-a 16-year cohort analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Pediatric Echinococcosis of the Liver in Austria: Clinical and Therapeutical Considerations.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Silybum marianum ethanolic extract: in vitro effects on protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus G1 strain with emphasis on other Iranian medicinal plants.Tropical medicine and health · 2021Article
- Deep learning for early detection of pathological changes in X-ray bone microstructures: case of osteoarthritis.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Hydatid Cyst of the Liver: A Challenge that can be Amplified Shifting from Open to Laparoscopic Surgery.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Hydatid Cyst of the Liver: A Challenge That Can Be Amplified Shifting from Open to Laparoscopic Surgery: Reply.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Comparison of laparoscopic and open surgery in hepatic hydatid disease in children: Feasibility, efficacy and safety.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThere is no consensus on the surgical treatment of children with hydatid cyst of the liver (HCL). We evaluated the outcomes of laparoscopic and open surgery for childhood HCL.
methodsWe performed 81 open surgery and laparoscopic procedures in 37 (45.7%) boys and 44 (54.3%) girls with HCL (mean age 9.3 ± 2.1 years) who were assigned to a main group (laparoscopy, n = 21) and a control group (open surgery, n = 60). Clinical assessments, surgical durations, complications, and postoperative outcomes were investigated. Cyst types in the two groups were I (Gharbi)/CE 1 (WHO-IWGE), 71.4 and 58.3%, respectively; II/CE 2, 19.1 and 25.0%, respectively; and III/CE 3, 9.5 and 16.7%, respectively. The parasitic hydatid cysts were located mostly in the right liver lobe in both the main and control groups (90.4 and 80.0%, respectively).
resultsHospital stays were significantly (p < 0.05) longer in patients in the control group (12.1 ± 1.5 vs. 5.6 ± 2.2 days). Operation time was significantly (p < 0.01) shorter for the main group (90.1 ± 7.8 vs. 120.6 ± 5.3 min). Local complications (residual cavity infection, biliary fistula) occurred in 21.6% of patients in the control group and 14.3% in the main group. Each was treated, and none recurred. There were no apparent systemic complications.
conclusionsLaparoscopic surgical treatment for children with HCL is safe in compliance with all classic open surgery principles. The laparoscopic technique offered a shorter duration of the surgical effects and markedly fewer postoperative complications.
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