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01-11-2020 | Cholangitis | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Cystobiliary Fistula of Liver CE Treatment as a Major Problem
Authors:
Okan Akhan, Erhan Erdoğan, Turkmen Turan Ciftci, Emre Unal, Ergun Karaağaoğlu, Devrim Akinci
Published in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Issue 11/2020
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Excerpt
We thank Turkyilmaz et al. for their interest in our work and for sharing their experience on liver cystic echinococcosis (CE) complicated with cysto-biliary fistula (CBF) [
1]. We are surprised to read that they performed laparotomy for liver CE in 61 children with an average age of 11.3 years (range 2–18 years) [
2]. In our clinic, percutaneous treatment for viable liver CE is almost always the first treatment method of choice as it is associated with lower mortality and complications rates besides shorter length of hospital stay [
3,
4]. In selected rare cases such as obvious CBF encountered on imaging and perihepatic or intraperitoneal rupture of the cyst, surgery could be considered for treatment [
5]. …
