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International Surgery and Ortho Conference
October 25-26, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
Case Rep Surg Invasive Proced 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 3
Albendazole therapy in human lung and liver hydatid cysts: A 13-year experience
Sayyed Hossein Fattahi Massoom, Lari S M, Fattahi A S, Ahmadnia N, Rajabi M
and
NaderiKalat M
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Background:
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an endemic
disease in Iran. This study has aimed to report the efficacy of
Albendazole therapy in patients with CE.
Method:
Among 164 patients with echinococcosis, who
were referred to the surgery clinic, Ghaem hospital,
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences between 2001 and
2013, two were diagnosed with alveolar echinococcosis
(AE) and 162 with CE; 43 of whom underwent surgery. The
rest 119 patients received medical therapy by Albendazole
15 mg/kg/day for three phases. Each phase included six
weeks of Albendazole therapy followed by two weeks of
no medication. The patients were classified according to
radiologic evaluations into four groups: Cured, improved,
unchanged and worsened or relapsed.
Results:
Patients who completed more phases had
significantly greater chances of better response. Of the 56
patients who completed all three phases, 37 (66.1%) were
cured, 15 (26.8%) improved, 4 (7.1%) remained unchanged,
and none worsened or relapsed. [Odds ratio (OR):4.78, 95%
confidence interval (CI): 2.95-7.74, P< .0001].
Speaker Biography
Fattahi Masoom S H has obtained his specialty in General Surgery from Mashhad
University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in July 1985. He is passionate about Thoracic
Surgery, he continued his Sub-Specialty in it from May 1996 to June 1998. He has
attended a Thoracic Surgery specialty program in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard University, USA, for 6 months in 2006. To this day, he has been a Member of
Iranian Medical Council since 1979 and Academic Board Member of Ghaem Hospital as
a Professor, since 1985, where he operates and visits patients in Thorax Surgery Ward
and Thorax Walk-In Clinic..
e:
Zahra.FattahiMassoom@uoit.ca