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Table 6 Summary table of the different studies analyzing the viability of protoscoleces for echinococcal fluid

From: Viability predictive factors of the daughter vesicles in hepatic cystic echinococcosis

 

Year

Type

of study

Number

Location

of cyst

Viability

Tsimoyiannis EC, 10

2000

Retrospective

28

Liver

(Human)

60%

Dueger E, 11

2001

Retrospective

212

Liver

(animal)

73.2%

Monterola C, 12

2006

Retrospective

163

Liver

(human)

42%

Bygott JM, 4

2010

Retrospective

63

Liver

Lung (human)

62%

  

70%

Zait H, 1

2013

Retrospective

78

Liver and lungs

(human)

74%

El Saftawy A, 14

2021

Prospective

40

Liver (Human)

Viability according to the

therapeutic protocol