Devenir à long terme des malades opérés et traités pour échinococcose alvéolaire

Charbonnet, Pierre; Buehler, Leo Hans; Sagnak, Erkan; Villiger, Peter; Morel, Philippe; Mentha, Gilles

doi:10.1016/j.anchir.2004.01.017

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French

Devenir à long terme des malades opérés et traités pour échinococcose alvéolaire

ContributorsCharbonnet, Pierre; Buehler, Leo Hans; Sagnak, Erkan; Villiger, Peter; Morel, Philippe; Mentha, Gilles

Published inAnnales de chirurgie, vol. 129, no. 6-7, p. 337-342

Publication date2004

Abstract

Alveolar Echinicoccosis is a severe parasitic disease: its natural evolution is comparable to a slowly progressive malignant liver tumour. There is no definitive medical therapy. Surgery remains the only option to assure a cure. This report is our surgical experience for the care of this affection.

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Anthelmintics/therapeutic use
Benzimidazoles/therapeutic use
Echinococcosis, Hepatic/surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hepatectomy/methods
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Treatment Outcome

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research group

Citation (ISO format)

CHARBONNET, Pierre et al. Devenir à long terme des malades opérés et traités pour échinococcose alvéolaire. In: Annales de chirurgie, 2004, vol. 129, n° 6-7, p. 337–342. doi: 10.1016/j.anchir.2004.01.017

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:37183
DOI : 10.1016/j.anchir.2004.01.017
PMID : 15297222

ISSN of the journal0003-3944

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Devenir à long terme des malades opérés et traités pour échinococcose alvéolaire

Alveolar Echinicoccosis is a severe parasitic disease: its natural evolution is comparable to a slowly progressive malignant liver tumour. There is no definitive medical therapy. Surgery remains the only option to assure a cure. This report is our surgical experience for the care of this affection.

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