Öztürk G, Uzun MA, Özkan ÖF, Kayaalp C, Tatlı F, Eren S, Aksungur N, Çoker A, Bostancı EB, Öter V, Kaya E, Taşar P. Turkish HPB Surgery Association consensus report on hepatic cystic
Echinococcosis (HCE).
Turk J Surg 2022;
38:101-120. [PMID:
36483170 PMCID:
PMC9714645 DOI:
10.47717/turkjsurg.2022.5757]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) is one of the important problems of the Eurasian region. We aimed to prepare a consensus report in order to update the treatment approaches of this disease. This study was conducted by Turkish HPB Surgery Association.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
This study was conducted with the modified Delphi model. For this purpose, we conducted a three-stage consensus-building approach.
RESULTS
Six topics, including diagnosis, medical treatment, percutaneous treatment, surgical treatment, management of complications and posttreatment follow-up and recurrences in HCE were discussed.
CONCLUSION
The expert panel made recommendations for every topic.
Collapse