Operative Treatment of Hepatic Hydatid Cysts: A Single Center Experience in Israel, a Nonendemic Country

Table 2

Study population surgical characteristics.

Surgical procedure
Pericystectomy	20
Cyst Unroofing	9
Type of surgery
Elective	24
Urgent	5
Number of cysts	1.2 ± 0.5
Cyst size (cm)	10.7 ± 4.6
Cyst location
Right	18
Left	8
Bilateral	3
Patients requiring blood products	3
30 days of mortality	1
Mild morbidity	11
Severe morbidity	4

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation.