Tratamiento de quistes hidatídicos hepáticos por aspiración percutánea e inyección de solución salina hipertónica: resultados de un trabajo cooperativo / Treatment of hepatic hydatid cysts by percutaneous aspiration and hypertonic saline injection: results of a cooperative work
Bol. chil. parasitol
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54(3/4): 63-9, jul.-dic. 1999. ilus, tab
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in Spanish
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RESUMO
Percutaeous puncture-aspiration-injection-respiration (PAIR) of hydatid liver cysts, was performed in 38 patients 14-80 years old, with a total of 60 liver hydatid cysts. After aspiration under computed tomography guidance, hypertonic saline was injected into the cystic cavities of patients as a scolecidal agent. No major complications were associated with the procedures. In the follow-up period of 18 months, control CT scans of 35 cysts revealed a gradual decrease in cyst size with a mean volume reduction of 66 percent. Complications included two cases of urticaria, one case of anaphylaxis and one subcapsular hematoma. No mortality occurred. It is concluded that percutaneous aspiration and hypertonic saline injection for liver hydatid cysts appears to be an effective form of treatment and may eventually prove to be an alternative to surgical intervention
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Main subject:
Saline Solution, Hypertonic
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Drainage
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Practice guideline
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Bol. chil. parasitol
Journal subject:
ALIMENTOS
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Parasitology
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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