Epidemiological status of patients surgically treated for hydatid cyst, hospital based survey in Sabzevar City from 2012 till 2016

Hydatid cyst is one of the most important and most common parasitic diseases. It is common between human and animals caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus.granulosus. Considering the high prevalence of this disease in Iran, its epidemiological status recognition plays an important role in the control and prevention. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of patients surgically treated for hydatid cyst in one of the hospitals in Sabzevar city from 2012 to 2016. The conducted study was in form of retrospective crosssectional and intended data such as gender, age, occupation, place of residence and cystic organs was extracted and registered out of medical records of 36 patients with hydatic cyst. Among the 36 cases, 26 (72.2%) were female and 10 (27.7%) were male. The age range was 11-67 and the highest prevalence rate of contamination was observed for 32 – 40 age groups. The most contaminated occupation group was housewives (44.4%) and the majority of the patients ( 63.8%) were urban. In terms of infected organ, 22 were with cyst in liver ( 61.1%), 12 in lung ( 33.3%) and 2 in their liver and lung( 5.5%). Considering the fact that the most prevalence was observed among housewives (44.4%) and more than men or other occupations, the most significant reason for contamination might be their more frequent contact with parasite eggs in infected vegetables . Therefore, necessity of training to better understand the disease, training the way of the disease transmission and controlling methods as well as prevention is inevitable.

Epidemiology, Hydatid cyst, surgery