[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of liver echinococcosis]. / Diagnostika i khirurgicheskoe lechenie ekhinokokkoza pecheni.

The results of surgical treatment of more than 600 patients with liver echinococcosis are analysed. The accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosis of the character of the damage is 88%; the combination of ultrasound methods with serology tests and computer tomography has increased the accuracy to 98-100%. New treatment approaches have been proposed depending on a character, location and extent of liver damage. The improvement of surgical technique made it possible to decrease the frequency of postoperative morbidity to 17.4% and mortality-to 3%.