Clinical Outcomes of Modified versus Traditional Technique for the Surgery of Hydatid Cyst of the Liver: A Case Control Study

BACKGROUND Echinococcus granulosis is a parasitic infection most commonly involving the liver. Iran is a hyperendemic area for this disease according to WHO. Despite improvements in medical and interventional radiological techniques, surgery remains the gold standard of treatment; however evidence...

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Main Authors: Asieh Sadat Fattahi, Seyed Hossein Fattahi Masoom, Farjad Lorestani, Mehrdad Fakhlai, Fatemeh Sadat Abtahi Mehrjerdi, Mehrdad Gazanchian, Golshid Nouri Hosseini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iranian Association of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2019-07-01
Series:Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mejdd.org/index.php/mejdd/article/view/2023