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Echinococcosis

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  • Condition: Primary Hydatid Disease of the Chest Wall
  • Journal: Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC
  • Treatment Used: Radical Pericystectomy Followed by Chemotherapy with Albendazole
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This article described the case of a patient with primary hydatid disease (infection with the larvae of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus) of the chest wall treated with radical pericystectomy (removal of a cyst and the surrounding area) followed by chemotherapy with albendazole.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis
  • Journal: Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie
  • Treatment Used: Albendazole Inductive Therapy
  • Number of Patients: 1
  • Published —
This case report describes a patient with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis treated with albendazole inductive therapy.
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  • Condition: Spinal Hydatid Disease
  • Journal: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
  • Treatment Used: Thoracic Spinal Hydatidosis
  • Number of Patients: 16
  • Published —
This study tested the safety and efficacy of using a thoracic spinal hydatidosis to treat patients with spinal hydatid disease.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Pterigopalatine Fossa Hydatid Cyst
  • Journal: The Journal of craniofacial surgery
  • Treatment Used: Endonasal Endoscopic Management
  • Number of Patients: 4
  • Published —
The study measured using an endonasal endoscopic management (removal through the nose using a camera) approach to treat pterigopalatine fossa hydatid cyst.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: End-Stage Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis
  • Journal: Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT
  • Treatment Used: University of Wisconsin vs. Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate Solutions
  • Number of Patients: 81
  • Published —
The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of University of Wisconsin (UW) and histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solutions in patients with end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: End-Stage Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis
  • Journal: Scientific reports
  • Treatment Used: IVC Resection without Reconstruction
  • Number of Patients: 13
  • Published —
This study tested the safety and efficacy of using an IVC resection without reconstruction to treat patients with end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Echinococcosis in pregnant women
  • Journal: Khirurgiia
  • Treatment Used: Pecutaneous puncture or conventional surgery
  • Number of Patients: 21
  • Published —
The study researched treatments of echinococcosis in pregnant women.
Latest Advance
Study
  • Condition: Hydatidothorax in children
  • Journal: Journal of pediatric surgery
  • Treatment Used: Surgical treatment
  • Number of Patients: 19
  • Published —
The study researched the outcomes of surgical treatment for hydatidothorax in children.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis Surgery
  • Journal: Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control
  • Treatment Used: Ulinastatin
  • Number of Patients: 60
  • Published —
This study observed the changes in inflammatory factors after hepatic cystic echinococcosis (a rare afferent infectious disease in Japan) surgery, and explored the intervention effect of ulinastatin on postoperative inflammatory factors.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Hepatic Hydatidosis
  • Journal: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
  • Treatment Used: Surgery
  • Number of Patients: 238
  • Published —
This study assessed the therapeutic management of hydatidosis (parasitic infection) and the factors related to its postoperative morbidity and relapse.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: End-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis with inferior vena cava invasion
  • Journal: HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association
  • Treatment Used: Combined liver resection and reconstruction of the IVC
  • Number of Patients: 71
  • Published —
The study researched the outcomes of different surgical removal techniques for end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis with inferior vena cava invasion.
Latest Advance
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  • Condition: Hemorrhagic Hepatic Hydatid Cyst (HHC)
  • Journal: Annals of vascular surgery
  • Treatment Used: Embolization Followed by Surgical Resection
  • Number of Patients: 2
  • Published —
This case report discusses two patients with hepatic hydatid cysts (HHCs) with complicated arterial bleeding treated with selective embolization of the hepatic artery followed by partial hepatectomy.
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