Key references: Hydatid disease

  • Akhan O, Salik AE, Ciftci T, Akinci D, Islim F, Akpinar B. Comparison of long-term results of percutaneous treatment techniques for hepatic cystic echinococcosis types 2 and 3b. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2017;208(4):878–84. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28199132
  • Akhan O, Yildiz AE, Akinci D, Yildiz BD, Ciftci T. Is the adjuvant albendazole treatment really needed with PAIR in the management of liver hydatid cysts? A prospective, randomized trial with short-term follow-up results. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2014;37(6):1568–74. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24464258
  • Chen X, Cen C, Xie H, Zhou L, Wen H, Zheng S. The comparison of 2 new promising weapons for the treatment of hydatid cyst disease: PAIR and laparoscopic therapy. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2015;25(4):358–62. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26241297
  • Gomez IGC, Lopez-Andujar R, Belda Ibanez T, Ramia Angel JM, Moya Herraiz A, Orbis Castellanos F, et al. Review of the treatment of liver hydatid cysts. World J Gastroenterol 2015;21(1):124–31. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25574085
  • O'Hern JA, Cooley L. A description of human hydatid disease in Tasmania in the post-eradication era. Med J Aust 2013;199(2):117–20. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23879511