TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical treatment of non-parasitic hepatic cysts
T2 - Report of 12 cases
AU - Payatakes, Alexander H.
AU - Kakkos, Stavros K.
AU - Solomou, Ekaterini G.
AU - Tepetes, Konstantinos N.
AU - Karavias, Dionissios D.
PY - 1999/12
Y1 - 1999/12
N2 - Objective: To present our experience of non-parasitic hepatic cysts. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: University Hospital, Greece. Subjects: 12 consecutive patients with symptomatic non-parasitic hepatic cysts operated on during the 7-year period 1990-97 inclusive. Interventions: Wide unroofing of the hepatic cysts. Main outcome measures: Persistence or recurrence of symptoms and recurrence of cysts. Results: Symptoms persisted or recurred in 2/12 patients and cysts recurred in 2/9 who had ultrasound scans. Conclusion: Surgical treatment of non-parasitic hepatic cysts was effective and safe.
AB - Objective: To present our experience of non-parasitic hepatic cysts. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: University Hospital, Greece. Subjects: 12 consecutive patients with symptomatic non-parasitic hepatic cysts operated on during the 7-year period 1990-97 inclusive. Interventions: Wide unroofing of the hepatic cysts. Main outcome measures: Persistence or recurrence of symptoms and recurrence of cysts. Results: Symptoms persisted or recurred in 2/12 patients and cysts recurred in 2/9 who had ultrasound scans. Conclusion: Surgical treatment of non-parasitic hepatic cysts was effective and safe.
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U2 - 10.1080/110241599750007685
DO - 10.1080/110241599750007685
M3 - Article
C2 - 10636549
AN - SCOPUS:0033387173
SN - 1102-4151
VL - 165
SP - 1154
EP - 1158
JO - European Journal of Surgery
JF - European Journal of Surgery
IS - 12
ER -