title: Laparoscopy for liver hydatid disease: where do we stand today?
abstract: Hydatid disease mostly affects the liver with Echinococcus granulosus being the most common organism. Surgery remains the gold standard in terms of therapy for patients with echinococcosis of the liver despite significant economic costs, advances in medical treatment, and interventional radiology. Laparoscopy, as a minimally invasive surgery, has well-known clinical advantages over traditional surgery. Several reports have confirmed the benefit of a laparoscopic approach to liver hydatid disease. We describe our technique and analyze numerous reports of laparoscopic hydatid liver surgery along with our results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. deborshi_sh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Deborshi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Raghavendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borgharia
authors.forename: Dhiraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baruah
authors.forename: Shaji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole