Can biliary-cyst communication be predicted before surgery for hepatic hydatid disease: does size matter?

Kilic M., Yoldas O., Koc M., Keskek M., Karakose N., Ertan T., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, vol.196, no.5, pp.732-735, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 196 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.07.034
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.732-735
  • Keywords: Bile leakage, Hydatid disease, ERCP, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, INTRABILIARY RUPTURE, SURGICAL-TREATMENT, LIVER, MANAGEMENT, SPHINCTEROTOMY, COMPLICATIONS, CHOLANGIOGRAPHY, DIAGNOSIS
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine if there is any predictive factor indicating the risk of bile leakage before surgery for hepatic hydatid disease in clinically asymptomatic patients.