TY - JOUR
T1 - A new therapeutic approach for hydatid liver cysts. Aspiration and alcohol injection under sonographic guidance
AU - Filice, Carlo
AU - Pirola, Flavia
AU - Brunetti, Enrico
AU - Dughetti, Stefano
AU - Strosselli, Maurizio
AU - Foglieni, Carlo Scotti
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - The treatment of hydatid disease is still rather difficult; surgery is not always feasible, and there are no definite methods to evaluate the outcome of medical treatment. Although percutaneous needle aspiration of hydatid cysts has been discouraged because of potential complications, e.g., anaphylactic shock or spreading of daughter cysts, these risks have never been quantified. Therefore, it was decided to treat hydatid liver cysts by aspiration and alcohol injection under sonographic guidance using 95% sterile ethanol. Five patients are reported who were treated by this procedure without complications or relapses during a follow-up period ranging from 10-26 mo.
AB - The treatment of hydatid disease is still rather difficult; surgery is not always feasible, and there are no definite methods to evaluate the outcome of medical treatment. Although percutaneous needle aspiration of hydatid cysts has been discouraged because of potential complications, e.g., anaphylactic shock or spreading of daughter cysts, these risks have never been quantified. Therefore, it was decided to treat hydatid liver cysts by aspiration and alcohol injection under sonographic guidance using 95% sterile ethanol. Five patients are reported who were treated by this procedure without complications or relapses during a follow-up period ranging from 10-26 mo.
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U2 - 10.1016/0016-5085(90)90358-8
DO - 10.1016/0016-5085(90)90358-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 2182372
AN - SCOPUS:0025270820
VL - 98
SP - 1366
EP - 1368
JO - Gastroenterology
JF - Gastroenterology
SN - 0016-5085
IS - 5 PART 1
ER -