Surgical Outcomes for Cystic Echinococcosis in Switzerland, 2004-2024

Switzerland-based retrospective analysis of surgical treatment for cystic echinococcosis from 2004 to 2024. The dataset likely contains patient demographics, disease characteristics, surgical procedures, and outcomes for 37 patients across 39 interventions. It was authored by Isabel Barreto and published on figshare in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze recurrence rates based on surgical technique (e.g., pericystectomy vs. endocystectomy)
• Evaluate perioperative morbidity and mortality based on patient demographics and disease characteristics
• Study cyst size and location distribution based on hepatic, pulmonary, intestinal, and psoas involvement
• Associate adjuvant albendazole therapy duration with surgical outcomes based on median treatment duration

Strengths

• Includes long-term follow-up data with a median of 93 months
• Provides detailed outcome metrics, including a 7.7% recurrence rate at procedure level
• Covers a multi-center cohort over a 20-year period (2004-2024)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Dataset is very small (5.5 KB), indicating limited scope

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Retrospective, multicenter outcome analysis

Time Range

2004-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 17:34:22; freshness should be verified

Geography

Switzerland