Research Article

Conservative Surgical Management for Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst: Analysis and Outcome of 148 Cases

Table 3

Outcomes of hydatid cyst surgery.

VariableEnucleation ()Cystotomy ()Total () value
Freq.%Freq.%Freq.%

ComplicationsNA
 Air leak44.2%815.4%128.1%
 Atelectasis11.04%35.8%42.7%
Hospital stay (day)
 Median (IQR)10.0 (2.0)10.0 (2.0)100 (2.0) 0.1
 5 days2829.2%2038.5%4832.4%
 6 days4445.8%2038.5%6443.2%
 7 days2020.8%815.4%2818.9%
 8 days44.2%47.7%85.4%
Reoperation for closure of BPF00.0%4100.0%42.7%NA
Normal CXR—1–3-month FU96100.0%52100.0%148100.0%NA
Recurrence—1-year FU00.0%00.0%00.0%NA
Mortality00.0%00.0%00.0%NA

NA: not applicable.
value > 0.05 is insignificant.