Severe hypernatremia in children after surgical resection of hepatic echinococcosis: a rare and potentially fatal complication

Table 4 World mortality reports of Echinococcosis with postoperative hypernatremia

Authors	Year	Region	Age(y)	Sex	Surgical type	Saline concentration	Volume (ml)	Exposure time (min)	Peak serum Na (mmol/L)	Postoperative survival
Krige et al. [13]	2002	South africa	7	M	E	20 %	250	5 vs. 3	170	20 h
Michalodimitrakis et al. [8]	2011	Greece	38	F	LPC	15 %	4000	NA	196	3w
Zeng et al. [5]	2017	China	28	F	LE	20 %	300	10	188.8	5d

Na sodium; E endocystectomy; LPC laparoscopic partial cystectomy; LE laparoscopic endocystectomy

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