[Long-term results of treatment of patients with liver echinococcosis operated by a traditional method and by using high temperature (plasma) technologies].

A comparative analysis of surgical treatment of 160 patients with liver echinococcosis treated by traditional surgical methods and with using plasma technologies followed by a complex assessment of the long-term results has reliably confirmed advantages of operations using the plasma flow. They were followed by less incidence of postoperative complications and recurrences of the disease. It was also confirmed by high quality of life of the contingent observed that was estimated by a specially developed questionnaire.