Table 4 Surgical procedure, complicated uncomplicated status of the cysts, and their correlations with postoperative complications
From: Management of giant hydatid cysts: a tertiary centre experience
The operation types | Postoperative complications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lobectomy | Bilobectomy | Cystotomy + cystectotomy + capitonnage | Pneumonia | Prolonged air leak | Simple | |
Complicated cysts (N = 8) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Simple cysts (N = 25) | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 12 |