title: The role of laparoscopy in the management of liver hydatid cyst: a single-center experience and world review of the literature.
abstract: Surgery is still the main modality in the treatment of hepatic hydatid disease. Laparoscopic methods, with their low morbidity, have gained prominence in many fields and, in some cases, have nearly replaced open surgery. In this report, a laparoscopic method for the treatment of hepatic hydatid disease is described, and the results in the 46 cases are presented and the published articles were reviewed. The method involves laparoscopic cystectomy, pericystectomy, and liver resection for hydatid disease. The postoperative courses of the patients were very comfortable and no complication related to the laparoscopic technique occurred. The postoperative parameters and the early follow-up results (average, 18 mo) are very encouraging. Laparoscopic treatment of liver hydatid disease is safe and effective in selected patients and offers all the advantages of a laparoscopic surgery. In experienced hands, laparoscopic pericystectomy have lower morbidity and recurrence rate compared with cystectomy.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Incubation Base of Xinjiang Major Diseases Research, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
authors.forename: Qin-Wen
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: Tuerhongjiang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tuxun
authors.forename: Jin-Hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jin-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Muzaipaer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muhetajiang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Xin-Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Cheng-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xue-Wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012380:Role; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome