Albendazole as an adjuvant to the standard surgical management of hydatid cyst liver

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 448-451

  Arif, Sajad Hussain ^a   Shams ul Bari, ^a   Wani, Nazir Ahmad ^a   Zargar, Showkat Ahmad ^a   Wani, Mehmood Ahmad ^a   Tabassum, Rehana ^a   Hussain, Zahoor ^a   Baba, Ajaz Ahmad ^a   Lone, Riyaz Ahmad ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Hydatid cyst; Protoscolices; Recurrence; Viability

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049103404     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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