[Arteriography in liver hydatid cysts. Interest in the choice of surgical technique (author's transl)].

Three cases of liver hydatid cysts are reported. They showed the interest of arteriography in the treatment. Actually, resection of the adventice is the best surgical treatment not to miss a small cyst in the adventice of a large one and to let an hepatic cavity which quickly disappear. Nevertheless, in some cases arteriography contraindicates total resection of the adventice if it seem dangerous or if vessels ligation and large hepatic resection may occur.