BookAjaz Ahmad Malik, Shams ul Bari.
Summary: The book explores various aspects of hydatid disease, including the background, parasitology, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis and presentation in humans. It features dedicated chapters on hydatidosis of liver, spleen, peritoneum, kidney, pelvis, and disseminated hydatid disease, and also provides detailed information on the latest surgical and non-surgical methods for treating the condition, such as drug therapy and laproscopic management. The book is primarily intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of surgery and medicine, but is also useful to veterinary science students and pharmaceutical companies. Further, it serves as a valuable reference resource for academics and researchers in associated fields.
Contents:
Biology of the Echinococcus
Hydatid disease of the liver : clinical presentation and complications
Diagnosis of hydatid disease of the liver
Surgical management of hydatid liver disease
Drug therapy in hydatid disease of the liver
Alveolar hydatid disease
Primary splenic hydatidosis
Hydatid disease of the kidney
Primary extrahepatic abdominal hydatidosis
Minimally invasive management of hepatic hydatidosis.