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To review the results of different modalities of treatment of hydatid disease of the liver (HDL) in pediatric patients, 31 children treated surgically between 1990 and 2000 at the departments of general surgery and pediatric surgery, Atatürk University School of Medicine, were reviewed retrospectively; 19 were male and 12 were female. The mean age was 8.4 years (range 4–12 years). The most common complaints were an abdominal mass and right-upper-quadrant pain, which were present in 35.5% and 77.4% of cases, respectively. Twenty-five cysts were in the right lobe, 2 in the left lobe, and 4 in both lobes; 8 patients had multiple hepatic cysts and 5 had coexisting cysts in other organs. Surgical procedures were: unroofing plus tube drainage (UTD); capitonnage; omentoplasty; and pericystectomy. Of the patients treated by UTD, 2 developed cholangitis and 1 developed a biliary fistula. Of the patients with capitonnage, 1 developed cholangitis. Surgery is still one of treatment modalities for management of HDL. Omentoplasty and capitonnage are the most effective modalities for the management of the cyst cavity.
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Çelebi, F., Balik, A.A., Salman, B.A. et al. Hydatid disease in childhood. Ped Surgery Int 18, 417–419 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-002-0847-7
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