The European Register of Cystic Echinococcosis, ERCE: state-of-the-art five years after its launch

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Table 3 Clinical management approach of hepatic CE cysts by stage

Stage	N^a	ABZ	Surgery with no specification of prophylaxis with ABZ	Surgery with specified associated prophylaxis with ABZ	Percutaneous treatment with no specification of prophylaxis with ABZ	Percutaneous treatment with specified associated prophylaxis with ABZ	Watch-and-wait
CE1	159	66	35	19	12	25	2
CE2	100	41	22	21	0	15^b	1
CE3a	94	41	5	6	2	11	29
CE3b	210	83	4	60	0	4	59
CE4-CE5	210	17^c	2	14	0	0	177

^aNumber of “cyst stage-location-management” observations
^b11 cysts in the CE2 stage were treated by percutaneous treatment plus ABZ in the Turkish center where the non-PAIR percutaneous technique is performed, as envisaged by the WHO-IWGE expert consensus
^cFor 6 CE4 cysts, ABZ treatment was applied due to the concomitant presence of other CE cyst stages
Abbreviation: ABZ, albendazole

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