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Laparoscopic Operation of Hepatic Hydatid Cyst with Intraabdominal Dissemination – A Case Report and Literature Review
Željko Bušić
; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zvonimir Lovrić
; Department of Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Marijan Kolovrat
; Department of Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Vlatka Čavka
; Department for Dermatology, University Hospital »Sestare Milosrdnice«, Zagreb, Croatia
Mislav Čavka
; Department of Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Leonardo Patrlj
; Department of Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Ante Kvesić
; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
Hepatic hydatid cysts are a serious medical problem in some regions like Mediterranean region. In Croatia 25–30 new cases of hepatic hydatid cysts are recorded each year. In University Hospital Dubrava 7 patients with hepatic hydatid cysts were operated in 2008. Surgical approach recognizes open laparotomy and laparoscopy. The case and technique of laparoscopic operation of hepatic hydatid cyst in seventh segment and three disseminated intraabdominal cysts is described. Laparoscopy should be attempted even in complex cases with dissemination.
Keywords
hydatid cyst; liver; laparoscopy; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
51704
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Publication date:
20.12.2009.
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