The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 60, Issue 5 685-690, Copyright © 1978 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Osseous hydatidosis
HD Ferrandez, F Gomez-Castresana, L Lopez-Duran, P Mata, D Brandau and A Sanchez-Barba
Nineteen patients with osseous hydatidosis were treated over a period of
thirteen years. There were four deaths. Ten patients became asymptomatic.
The treatment used was either curetage or resection, often repeatedly, and
protracted lavage of the wound with ethacridine. Five patients received a
desensitization treatment (hydatin), but the results in these cases were
indeterminate as far as the action of the drug was concerned.