[Hepatectomy in repeated operations on patients with parasitic diseases of the liver].

The results of resection of the liver in repeated operations on patients with parasitic disease of the liver are discussed. Operations were conducted on 22 patients with alveococcosis and 7 patients with echinococcosis. By means of the method of atypical liver resection radical operations were performed on 20 patients (69%) and palliative resections of the liver in 9 patients (31%). The palliative resections were combined with cryodestruction of the remaining parasitic tissue, which improved the therapeutic effect significantly and prolonged the patients' survival. The volume of the resection ranged from a segment to one half of the liver. The fatality rate was 6.8%.