Pulmoner Kist Hidatik Olgularında Kistlerin Boyutları ve Sayılarının Önemi.

Background: We aimed to evaluate patients who underwent surgery because of hydatid cysts and to have providence for future patients. Methods: Patients (n=78) who had surgery with a hydatid cyst between 2006-2011 were considered retrospectively. Pre- to post-operative parameters were compared and related cases were investigated. In this study it was aimed to have providence postoperatively about time and amount of drainage and hospitalization time of patients according to age, effected side, symptoms, and preoperative radiological findings of patients, especially size of hydatid cyst or number of cysts. Results: In our study, the mean age of patients who had surgery because of hydatid cysts was 33.74±17.1 years. Sizes of cysts were compared with age, time and amount of drainage, and hospitalization time of patients. Only age and size of cysts was inveresely correlated statistically. Size and number of cysts, postoperative morbidity, time and amount of drainage and hospitalization time of patients were analyzed with Spearman's rho test. Only the relation between the number of cysts and duration of drainage was significant (p=0.04). Conclusion: As predicted in pulmonary hydatid disease, early age led to bigger cyst dimension. However, no correlation was determined between cyst count/dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]