Objective: To present our experience of non-parasitic hepatic cysts.
Design: Retrospective study.
Setting: University Hospital, Greece.
Subjects: 12 consecutive patients with symptomatic non-parasitic hepatic cysts operated on during the 7-year period 1990-97 inclusive.
Interventions: Wide unroofing of the hepatic cysts.
Main Outcome Measures: Persistence or recurrence of symptoms and recurrence of cysts.
Results: Symptoms persisted or recurred in 2/12 patients and cysts recurred in 2/9 who had ultrasound scans.
Conclusion: Surgical treatment of non-parasitic hepatic cysts was effective and safe.
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