Hydatic cyst; chose of treatment and our results

Seventy three patients who admitted to Gazi University school of medicine Department of Thoracic Surgery with diagnosis of pulmonary hydatid cyst or pulmonary and liver hydatid cysts between August 2002 and March 2011 are investigated.All of the patients were analysed retrospectively for age, gender, symptoms, lession localization and surgical procedure. We compared our results with existing literature.Pulmonary hydatid cysts have been seen in the rigt lower lob most frequently. The most choosen surgical prosedure was cystotomy and capitonnage. For the liver cysts located on the dome of the liver with pulmonary hydatic cysts , we performed transthoracic approach with rigt thoracotomy and phrenotomy .None of our patiens who had pulmonary cyst diagnosis were not performed needle aspiration or were given medical therapy. The patients who had diagnosis as pulmonary or liver hydatic cysts must be investigated for the other organs.Pulmonary hydatidosis is stil a serious health problem in developing countries. It must be kept in mind in the endemic areas for excluding the other diagnosis.Key words:Pulmonary Hydatidosis, cystotomy and capitonnage surgery.