Surgical treatment for thoracic hydatidosis: review of 1230 cases.

Abstract

Hydatid disease, a serious health problem, is endemic in many sheep and cattle raising areas. Though many kinds of medicines were used experimentally, operation is the only effective treatment for thoracic hydatidosis. The surgical treatments of 1230 patients with the disease in our division between June 1957 and December 2002 are discussed below.