Experience of therapy for 86 patients with symptomatic congenital cyst of liver / 重庆医科大学学报

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Objective:To investigate the therapy and efficacy in patients with symptomatic congenital cyst of liver.Methods: Eighty-six cases of congenital cyst of liver admitted from Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2006 were reviewed retrospectively.Results: Injection of ethanol(17 cases)with 2 cases of recurrence(11%).open surgery(48cases)with 4 cases of recurrence(8.3%). And laparoscopic surgery(21cases)with 1 case of recurrence(4.8%),We are found as the therapies. Conclusions:Methods of therapy for congenital cyst of liver includeinjection of ethanol into the cyst cavity,open surgery,laparoscopic surgery.Laparoscopic fenestration is of minor invasion,faster recovery and shorter hospital stay.