Laparoscopic Management of Hydatid Cyst of the Liver Reporting a Case
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Hydatid Cyst disease is a very common disease in the Middle East countries, it is caused by a parasite called Echinococcus Granulosis which is a cestode that inhabits the intestine of dogs and canines as a definitive host. Humans are accidental intermediate hosts due to ingestion of the parasitic eggs. The common sides of occurrence are the liver, lung, brain and other viscera. A variety of treatment modalities have been successfully employed starting from medical therapy for small cyst, procedures done by the interventional radiologists to the classic surgical procedures. Nowadays, hepatic hydatid cyst can be effectively treated by laparoscopic surgery on selected basis. Herein is report of patient, with two big hydatid hepatic cysts, who was treated successfully by laparoscopic surgery in the New Medical Center Specialty Hospital, Dubai-United Arab Emirates.
Keywords: Hydatid cyst, Liver, Laparoscopic.
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