[Partial resection of the liver in the treatment of echinococcosis].

On the basis of reports' reviewed and authors' experience, in 118 patients with hydatid disease of the liver, 15 of whom (12%) have been treated by partial resection of the liver, it can be concluded that: - Partial resections of the liver represents a radical surgical procedure in the treatment of liver hydatidosis, - A surgical treatment of the liver hydatid disease requires a total extirpations of echinococcus cysts, as well as irreversibly damaged liver tissue itself, - These resections' methods should be carried out in definite indications, - In comparison with other, especially more conservative (surgical) procedures, resections reduce complications and shorten a hospitalization, - Because of technical difficulties concerning respective surgical procedures (in particular left or right lobectomy), one should always have in mind the relative benignity of the hydatid disease, operative risk, and that other less aggressive surgical methods exist. - Surgical departments applying these methods have to employ sufficient quantity of adequate blood, well trained and experienced surgeons and equipment.