title: Hepatic hydatid disease in Libya.
abstract: A series of 50 patients with hepatic hydatid disease all treated at the Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya is presented to show the advantage of ultrasonography in pre-operative diagnosis and the advantages of complete resection or omentoplasty compared with removal of the endocyst and drainage.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014463:Ultrasonography