A new approach to the surgical treatment of parasitic cysts of the liver: Hepatectomy using the liver hanging maneuver

Table 1 Demographic features and distribution of the cysts and operation types

PatientNo.	Sex	Age(yr)	Clinicalsymptom	Type	Diameter(cm)	Location	Gharbi’sclassification	Type ofLHM	BT	Postoperativecomplication
1	F	42	AP, D	HC	13	RL fulled	III	BLHM	-	-
2	F	23	Routine control	Alveolar HC	10	Segmental	-	BLHM	-	-
3	M	51	AP, D	HC	16 (max)	Multiple (RL)	IV	BLHM	1U	PA
4	F	35	Cholangitis	HC	14	RL fulled	III	BLHM	-	-
5	M	43	AP, D	HC	17	RL fulled	II	BLHM	-	-
6	M	59	AP, D	Alveolar HC	24	RL fulled	-	BBLHM	2U	PE
7	F	32	AP, D	HC	18	RL fulled	IV	BLHM	-	-
8	F	41	AP, D	Alveolar HC	16	Segmental	-	BBLHM	-	-
9	F	51	Cholangitis	HC1	17	RL fulled	III	BLHM	1U	PE
10	M	55	AP, D	HC	22	RL fulled	III	BLHM	1U	PA
11	M	27	AP, D	HC	13 (max)	Multiple	IV	BLHM	-	-

F: female; M: male; AP: abdominal pain; D: dyspepsia; HC: hydatic cyst; RL:right lobe; BLHM: Belgithi’s liver hanging maneuver; BBLHM: bimanual-bifinger liver hanging maneuver; BT: blood transfusion; U:unit; PA:pulmonary atelectasy; PE: pulmonary effusion.

¹Patient with recurrent HC.