Table 2. Overall lethal complications due to percutaneous treatment of hydatid cysts.

Lethal complications	No. of cases	% of treated hydatid cysts (n = 5517)	% of percutaneous treatment procedures (n = 5943)
Lethal anaphylactic shock *	2	0.04	0.03
Lethality related to percutaneous treatment procedure †	1	0.02	0.02
Lethality not related to percutaneous treatment procedure ‡	2	0.04	0.03
Total	5	0.09	0.08

*(Men et al.,1999; Giorgio et al., 2009).

†: (Vishnevskii et al., 1992).

‡: (Khuroo et al., 1991; Gavrilin et al., 2002).