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Long term results of the surgical treatment of intracranial hydatid disease ist reported in 11 personal cases. Nine patients are alive 9 to 15 years following the operation, only one of them being disabled. The remaining two patients died respectively 6 months and 2 years after the first operation.
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Pau, A., Brambilla, M., Cossu, M. et al. Long term follow-up of the surgical treatment of the intracranial hydatid disease. Acta neurochir 88, 116–118 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01404147
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