Oncological approach with antihelminthic chemotherapy and wide resection in the treatment of musculoskeletal hydatidosis. A review of 10 cases with mean follow-up of 64 months


Published online: Sep 27 2015

Bülent EROL, Tolga ONAY, Emrah ÇALI?KAN, Erhan Okay

From the Dept of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Marmara University Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate clinical outcomes, local recurrence and complication rates of antihelminthic chemotherapy and wide resection in patients with muscle or bone hydatidosis. The authors treated 10 patients (6 females,

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