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Revista Médica La Paz
On-line version ISSN 1726-8958
Abstract
FARFAN ROMERO, Juan Carlos and ALIAGA ALANOCA, Edil. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF LIVER HYDATIDIC CYST: ABOUT A CASE. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2022, vol.28, n.2, pp.44-49. Epub Dec 30, 2022. ISSN 1726-8958.
The human hydatidosis is a endemic disease in our country. Is a zoonosis caused by the Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm, whose eggs when ingested in the water or food, accidentally by the humans, causes them to break in the small intestine migrating through circulation at various organs producing cysts that increase in size generating symptomatology. This case reports the diagnosis and treatment for minimally invasive surgery of a liver hidatidic cyst giant with good evolution until a year of follow-up. The objective of this work is describing the surgical technique of benign treatment and offer it as a treatment safe and effective in sectioned cases, becoming a useful alternative for this kind of patients.
Keywords : Hydatidic Cysts; Minimally Invasive Surgery.