[Results of management for coxisting pulmonary and extrapulmonary hydatid cysts]

ABSTRACT

Surgery is the treatment of choice in hydatid cysts. The surgical procedure depends on the location, number, and complications of the cysts, especially if coexisting pulmonary and extrapulmonary cysts, especially if coexisting pulmonary and extrapulmonary cysts are present. This study aims to describe the approach of surgical treatment, the outcomes, the complications, and the period of hospitalization in isolated unilateral pulmonary hydatid cyst and in bilateral pulmonary or extrapulmonary cysts in our department. This prospective study was done between January 1993 and December 2002. It included 236 surgical procedures performed on 206 patients [83 males, 123 females], aged between 4 and 69 years, with a mean age of 29.4 years. Of the 206 patients 146 patients [70%] had isolated unilateral lung cysts; 60 patients [29%] had coexisting pulmonary and extrapulmonary cysts. A surgical procedure was done in all patients for isolated pulmonary hydatid cysts [n=146]. In 33 patients with coexisting pulmonary and extrapulmonary hydatid cysts a one-step procedure was done. A two step operation was done in 24 patients, and a three step operation was done in 3 patients