Safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous injection of alcohol as a scolicidal agent for the treatment of liver hydatid cysts

Background: Hydatid disease is a health problem in the developing world. Percutaneous therapy with various scolicidal agents has been described; however, there is a paucity of literature on the use of absolute alcohol injection without reaspiration as a sole scolicidal agent. The study carried out i...

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Main Authors: V John Samuel, Arul Babu, Vinu Moses, M J Aparna, Munawwar Ahmed, George M Varghese, Philip Joseph, Shyamkumar N Keshava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Current Medical Issues
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Online Access:http://www.cmijournal.org/article.asp?issn=0973-4651;year=2023;volume=21;issue=1;spage=19;epage=25;aulast=Samuel