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Volume 31, Number 5—May 2025

Synopsis

Comprehensive Survival Analysis of Alveolar Echinococcosis Patients, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022

Ansgar Deibel1Comments to Author , Yanick Kindler1, Rubens Mita, Soleen Ghafoor, Cordula Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Barbara Brunner-Geissmann, Alexander Schweiger, Felix Grimm, Michael Reinehr, Achim Weber, Cäcilia S. Reiner, Andreas E. Kremer, Henrik Petrowsky, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Peter Deplazes, Stefanie von Felten, and Beat Müllhaupt
Author affiliation: University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (A. Deibel, Y. Kindler, S. Ghafoor, C. Meyer zu Schwabedissen, B. Brunner-Geissmann, M. Reinehr, A. Weber, C.S. Reiner, A.E. Kremer, H. Petrowsky, P.-A. Clavien, B. Müllhaupt); University of Zurich, Zurich (R. Mita, F. Grimm, P. Deplazes, S. von Felten); Cantonal Hospital Zug, Zug, Switzerland (A. Schweiger)

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Figure 2

Stages and treatment of AE cases by decade, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022. A) AE stages; B) treatment strategies. Although palliative surgery was discontinued in the early 2000s, curative surgery was less frequently pursued in the last decade of the study period. AE, alveolar echinococcosis; BMZ, benzimidazole drug therapy.

Figure 2. Stages and treatment of AE cases by decade, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022. A) AE stages; B) treatment strategies. Although palliative surgery was discontinued in the early 2000s, curative surgery was less frequently pursued in the last decade of the study period. AE, alveolar echinococcosis; BMZ, benzimidazole drug therapy.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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