Differentiated treatment tactics in surgery of liver echinococcosis

Purpose of the study . Improving the quality of treatment for liver echinococcosis by improving surgical tactics and developing eff ective methods to reduce disease recurrence. Materials and methods : 371 patients with echinococcosis of the liver, who were admitted to the surgery department of the 2nd clinic of Samarkand State Medical Institute, were examined. Of the 371 patients in 311 (83.8%) patients, the disease was detected for the fi rst time and in 60 (16.2%) patients, echinococcosis was recurrent. The results of the study : compared with 2005–2008. the incidence of postoperative complications decreased from 13.1 to 4.3%. Complications such as suppuration of the residual cavity (6 times), suppuration of the laparotomy wound (2 times), the formation of bile fi stulas (3 times), and no subphrenic abscesses began to occur much less frequently. The duration of inpatient treatment after surgery decreased by 2 times compared with the control — from 21.2 ± 1.2 to 10.9 ± 0.3 days. Conclusions : the developed algorithm for choosing the tactics of surgical treatment of liver echinococcosis, taking into account the integrated approach to choosing access, the method of treatment and elimination of the residual cavity, as well as preventive chemotherapy, has improved the quality of care by reducing the frequency of immediate postoperative complications from 12.5% to 4, 3% (p = 0.027 according to the χ2 criterion) and relapse of the disease from 11.9% to 2.6% (p = 0.031 according to the χ2 criterion).