Ambispective comparative study of two surgical strategies for liver hydatidosis

Table 1 Comparison between radical and conservative surgery groups

	P1	P2	P value
Patients	50	42	NS
Cysts	60	53	NS
Age (yr)	53 (11-77)	52 (23-83)	NS
Men (%)	28/50 (56)	25/42 (59.6)	NS
Recurrent cysts (%)	11/50 (22)	7/42 (16.7)	NS
Primary symptom (%)	Abdominalpain (60)	Abdominalpain (69)	NS
Complicated cysts	5/50 (10)	13/42 (31)	< 0.01
Preoperative jaundice	5/50 (10)	9/42 (23.7)	< 0.01
Size (cm)	8.5	6.5	< 0.05
	44%>10 cm	21.1%>10 cm
Location	18L/23R/9 bilobar	22L/15R/4 bilobar	NS
Radical surgery cyst (%)	4/60 (6.7)	39/53 (73.6)	< 0.001
Radical surgery patients (%)	3/50 (6)	31/42 (73.8)	< 0.001
Kehr tube insertion (%)	36/50 (72)	2/42 (4.8)	< 0.001
Morbidity (%)	21/50 (42)	7/42 (16.7)	< 0.001
Biliary fistula (%)	17/50 (34)	5/42 (12)	< 0.001
RS	0/31 (0)	2/31 (7.7)
CS	4/11 (35)	3/11 (27.3)
Mortality (%)	0/50 (0)	2/42 (4.8)	NS
RS	0/31 (0)	0/31 (0)
CS	0/11 (0)	2/11 (18)
Mean hospital stay	23 (6-71)	7 (4-50)	< 0.001
Recurrence	4	0	NS

L: Left; R: Right; NS: No stastistical significance.