Table 1. Percutaneous treatment of hydatid cysts of various locations.

Authors	Year of publication	Journal	No. of percutaneous treated cysts in various locations	No. of percutaneous treated liver cysts	No. of puncture procedures	No. of reversible complications	No. of lethal complications
Gargouri et al.	1990	Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol.	120 *		120	7
Wang et al.	1994	Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi	361 †		361	1
Saenz-Santamaria	1995	Diagn Cytopathol	17 ‡		17
Von Sinner et al.	1995	Acta Radiol	31 §		41	6
Vuitton et al.	2002	GUT	351 #	1263	1789	409
Total			880	1263	2328	423	0

*: “liver, peritoneum, spleen, kidney, muscle and bone”.

†: hepatic and abdominal hydatid cysts.

‡: no location specified.

§“abdomen, thorax, spine and bone”.

^#abdominal hydatid cysts and “other locations”.