Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (u-VATS) for Management of pulmonary hydatid cyst: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Hydatid disease of the lung, caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is an unusual parasitic disease. The aim of the current review for managing pulmonary hydatid cysts by uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (u-VATS), and their complications, the size of hydatid cyst, length of hospital stay, surgery time, the rate of conversion from u-VATS to thoracotomy or mini-thoracotomy, follow-up, and outcomes.

Methods

We conduct the platform searches on the PubMed and Google Scholar electronic databases from inception to January 20, 2022, among patients diagnosed with pulmonary hydatid cyst (PHC) who underwent the u-VATS approach.

Results

This systematic review comprised five studies reporting 85 cases of PHC underwent (u-VATS) approach. M

SUBMITTER: Ahmed SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8978088 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature