Endoscopic evacuation of sacral hydatid cysts: Case report

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 361-364

  Açikgöz, Bektas ^a   Sungur, Cem ^a   Özgen, Tunçalp ^b   Çamurdanoǧlu, Mehmet ^a   Berker, Mustafa ^a  

^a Bayindir Medical Centre   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

echinococcal infection; endoscopic surgery; sacral hydatid cysts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029895502     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.66     Document Type: Article

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