Hepatic Echinococcosis

85  relevant articles (5 outcomes, 8 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Echinococcosis, Hepatic; Alveolar Echinococcoses, Hepatic; Alveolar Echinococcosis, Hepatic; Cyst, Hepatic Hydatid; Cysts, Hepatic Hydatid; Echinococcis, Hepatic Alveolar; Echinococcoses, Hepatic; Echinococcoses, Hepatic Alveolar; Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcis; Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcoses; Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis; Hepatic Echinococcoses; Hepatic Hydatid Cyst; Hepatic Hydatid Cysts; Hepatic Hydatidoses; Hepatic Hydatidosis; Hydatid Cysts, Hepatic; Hydatidoses, Hepatic; Alveolar Echinococcis, Hepatic; Echinococcosis, Hepatic Alveolar; Hydatid Cyst, Hepatic; Hydatidosis, Hepatic

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Obstructive Jaundice (Cholestatic Jaundice)
2.	Infection
3.	Hepatic Echinococcosis
4.	Cysts
5.	Rupture

Experts

1.	Li, Bo: 2 articles (06/2007 - 11/2004)
2.	Manterola, Carlos: 2 articles (01/2007 - 06/2005)
3.	Erzurumlu, Kenan: 2 articles (09/2005 - 03/2005)
4.	Polat, Cafer: 2 articles (09/2005 - 03/2005)
5.	Yetim, Ibrahim: 2 articles (09/2005 - 03/2005)
6.	Dervisoglu, Adem: 2 articles (09/2005 - 03/2005)
7.	Hokelek, Murat: 2 articles (09/2005 - 03/2005)
8.	Kapan, Selin: 1 article (05/2008)
9.	Alis, Halil: 1 article (05/2008)
10.	Aygun, Ersan: 1 article (05/2008)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Hepatic Echinococcosis:

1.	Albendazole (Albenza)FDA Link 09/01/2005 - "Results of alcohol and albendazole injections in hepatic hydatidosis: experimental study." 05/01/1993 - "Percutaneous drainage versus albendazole therapy in hepatic hydatidosis: a prospective, randomized study." 06/01/2008 - "MATERIAL AND METHODS: Six pregnant patients (age range 19-28 years; mean age 23 years) with six hepatic hydatid cysts underwent percutaneous treatment without albendazole prophylaxis" 05/01/2008 - "CONCLUSION: Albendazole therapy for hepatic hydatidosis is not effective in the vast majority of patients and, therefore, should not be used as the primary therapy for patients who are surgical candidates." 05/01/2008 - "Albendazole is not effective for primary treatment of hepatic hydatid cysts." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	albendazole sulfoxideIBA 06/01/2005 - "To determine the plasmatic and intracystal concentrations of albendazole sulfoxide (AS) and correlate them with the viability of the scolices in patients surgically treated for hepatic hydatid cysts (HHC) that received albendazole preoperatively, as an indirect way of evaluating the scolicide efficacy of the drug" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	benzimidazoleIBA 12/01/2006 - "INTRODUCTION: The purposes of this study were to describe and adapt the relevant methods of computed tomography (CT) and stereology to estimate parasitic volume in the liver, to compare the efficiency of benzimidazole treatment in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE), and to determine whether the response rates measured by the stereological method are correlated with those measured by simple volumetric measurements (SVM)" 01/01/2006 - "AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: PAIR seems promising, but there is insufficient evidence to support or refute PAIR with or without benzimidazole coverage for treating patients with uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cyst" 01/01/2006 - "Percutaneous needle aspiration, injection, and reaspiration with or without benzimidazole coverage for uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cysts." 01/01/2006 - "OBJECTIVES: To assess the benefits and harms of PAIR with or without benzimidazole coverage for patients with uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cyst in comparison with sham/no intervention, surgery, or medical treatment" 01/01/2006 - "SELECTION CRITERIA: Only randomised clinical trials using the PAIR method with or without benzimidazole coverage as the experimental treatment of uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cyst (ie, hepatic hydatid cysts which are not infected and do not have any communication with the biliary tree or other viscera) versus no intervention, sham puncture (ie, performing all steps for puncture, pretending that PAIR is being performed, but actually not performing the procedure proper), surgery, or chemotherapy were included" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Immunoglobulin E (IgE)IBA 07/01/1986 - "Diagnostic value of the determination of total and specific IgE in hepatic hydatidosis]" 07/02/1983 - "The value of total IgE serum concentrations in the diagnosis of hepatic hydatid cyst]" 12/01/1989 - "An indirect hemagglutination study of total IgE and complement fractions C3c and C4 in patients with hepatic hydatidosis and undergoing therapy]" 01/01/2007 - "Precision of ELISA-IgE and ELISA-IgG determination in the postoperative follow-up of patients with hepatic echinococcosis]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Immunoglobulin G (IgG)IBA 12/01/2006 - "So, there is a need for accurately designed randomized trials with precise goals to compare pericystectomy versus a specific modified endocystectomy technique for the treatment of hepatic hydatid cysts 8 cm or less in diameter in Egyptian patients, regarding the operative time, intra-operative blood loss, complications and long-term recurrence and to test the role of anti-hydatid IgG4 in diagnosis and detection of early recurrence" 01/01/2007 - "Precision of ELISA-IgE and ELISA-IgG determination in the postoperative follow-up of patients with hepatic echinococcosis]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Complement System Proteins (Complement)IBA 12/01/1989 - "An indirect hemagglutination study of total IgE and complement fractions C3c and C4 in patients with hepatic hydatidosis and undergoing therapy]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM)IBA 01/01/2006 - "OBJECTIVES: To assess the benefits and harms of PAIR with or without benzimidazole coverage for patients with uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cyst in comparison with sham/no intervention, surgery, or medical treatment" 01/01/2006 - "SELECTION CRITERIA: Only randomised clinical trials using the PAIR method with or without benzimidazole coverage as the experimental treatment of uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cyst (ie, hepatic hydatid cysts which are not infected and do not have any communication with the biliary tree or other viscera) versus no intervention, sham puncture (ie, performing all steps for puncture, pretending that PAIR is being performed, but actually not performing the procedure proper), surgery, or chemotherapy were included" Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Mebendazole (Vermin)FDA Link 07/01/1986 - "We recommend the preoperative use of mebendazole in the management of hepatic hydatid cysts." 10/31/1980 - "Therapeutic possibilities of mebendazole in hepatic hydatidosis]" 03/01/1986 - "A patient with chronic liver disease was treated with large doses of mebendazole for a hepatic hydatid cyst" 10/31/1985 - "Despite the fact that previous reports, and also one of the cases reported by us, point to a favourable evolution of the hepatic hydatidosis after treatment with Mebendazole, the possibility that the multivesicular cyst-with a more spreading growth and a surgical treatment which is occasionally more difficult, may be induced by that drug would perhaps discourage its use." Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	AntigensIBA 10/01/2007 - "Association between hepatic alveolar echinococcosis and frequency of human leukocyte antigen class I and II alleles in Turkish patients." 04/01/2001 - "Analysis of potential antigens of protoscoleces isolated from pulmonary and hepatic hydatid cysts of Bubalus bubalis." 01/01/1991 - "The paper reports on 108 cases of hepatic hydatidosis, admitted to the clinic in the last 12 years, who wer subjected systematically to hepatic imagery, immunologic investigation at hydatic antigen, determination of eosinophil and hepatic biochemical exploration" 01/01/2001 - "A judicious association of the usual techniques (indirect immunofluorescence assay, indirect hemagglutination assay, immunoelectrophoresis, co-electrophoresis with antigen 5 identification) confirms the diagnosis in 80% to 94% of hepatic hydatidosis cases and in 65% of pulmonary hydatidosis cases" Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	Silicon Dioxide (Sand)IBA 02/01/2003 - "The Authors evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of echography in hepatic echinococcosis, particularly in the completely liquid types of cysts without septa or hydatid sand and in the solidified forms where the differential diagnosis with other hepatic pathologies can be difficult" 06/01/1995 - "The CT diagnosis of rupture into the largest bile ducts is based upon the demonstration of hepatic hydatid cysts together with intrabiliary hydatid sand, membranes and scolices and/or the identification of parietal discontinuity with communication between the cyst and the biliary tree" Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) 01/01/2006 - "Drug therapy has scolicidal activity bat are clinically effective in less than 30 % of patients with hepatic hydatidosis" 08/01/2006 - "So, conservative surgical management of uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cysts with perioperative anthelmintic chemotherapy supposed to be a simple, safe and effective approach" 03/01/2005 - "For patients who fail drug therapy alone, PAIR is a safe and effective procedure of choice for patients with hepatic echinococcosis, and perhaps other anatomic sites of infection such as lung, peritoneum, kidney, and other viscera" 01/01/2006 - "SELECTION CRITERIA: Only randomised clinical trials using the PAIR method with or without benzimidazole coverage as the experimental treatment of uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cyst (ie, hepatic hydatid cysts which are not infected and do not have any communication with the biliary tree or other viscera) versus no intervention, sham puncture (ie, performing all steps for puncture, pretending that PAIR is being performed, but actually not performing the procedure proper), surgery, or chemotherapy were included" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Liver Transplantation 11/01/2004 - "In this study we tried to explore the indication of liver transplantation for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) and the improvement of intraoperative treatment" 06/01/2007 - "We analyzed the features of 7 patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) from April 2001 to April 2006 for incurable hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in view of the technical features of the OLT, incidence, and type of complications, as well as patient survival" 06/01/2007 - "Initial clinical results of orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatic alveolar echinococcosis." 11/01/2004 - "CONCLUSIONS: Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in late stage can be considered as one of the indications of liver transplantation" 11/01/2004 - "METHODS: Five patients who had received liver transplantation of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in our hospital from 1999 through 2003 were analyzed retrospectively" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Endoscopic Sphincterotomy 12/01/1998 - "BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with hepatic hydatid cysts that have ruptured into the biliary tract" 12/01/1998 - "CONCLUSION:Endoscopic sphincterotomy resolves biliary obstruction and postoperative fistulae in most patients with hepatic hydatid cysts that have ruptured into the biliary tract" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Cystectomy 11/01/2006 - "Omentoplasty is an easy and effective surgical method for the treatment of hepatic echinococcosis but is not different than partial cystectomy and external drainage in regard to morbidity, mortality, and recurrence." 04/01/2005 - "MATERIAL AND METHODS: In a retrospective survey over the past 20 years (1982-2001) there were 36 patients (13 men and 23 women, with a mean age of 50 years) with hepatic echinococcosis, treated by partial cystectomy and omentoplasty" 09/01/2000 - "Management of residual cavity after partial cystectomy for hepatic hydatidosis: comparison of omentoplasty with external drainage." 09/25/1997 - "METHODS: In a prospective study, we randomly assigned 50 patients with hepatic hydatidosis to treatment with percutaneous drainage (25 patients) or cystectomy (25)" 09/25/1953 - "Hepatic hydatidosis; on cystectomy.]" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Hepatectomy 09/15/1983 - "Role of hepatectomy in surgical treatment of hepatic hydatidosis]" 04/01/1973 - "Surgical treatment of alveolar hepatic echinococcosis (7 cases of which I treated by major right hepatectomy)]" 05/01/1971 - "Hepatectomy and hepatic hydatidosis]" 01/01/1962 - "Alveolar hepatic echinococcosis treated with left hepatectomy.]" Order ALL the reference details at left...