Acute complications of liver hydatidosis: Still associated with significant morbidity

Objective: To detail the pattern of postoperative morbidity in patients with acute complications\udof liver hydatidosis. Methods: We retrospectively studied all patients with liver hydatidosis,\udmanaged in a tertiary university centre between January 2011 and December 2016. Results:\udFifty-three patients with cystic liver echinococcosis and a mean age of (43.64依17.54) years\udwere selected. The mean diameter of the cyst was (8.11依 4.84) cm. Thirty-five (66%), 12\ud(22.6%), 4 (7.5%), and 2 (3.8%) patients had one, two, three, or four cysts, respectively.\udNine (17%) patients were admitted in an emergency setting. The surgical approach was by\udlaparotomy in 43 (81.1%) and by laparoscopy in 10 (18.9%) patients. Eleven (20.8%) patients\uddeveloped postoperative complications: Class I – 3 (5.7%), Class II – 7 (13.3%), Class III –\ud1 (1.9%), Class IV – 1 (1.9%) patient according to Clavien-Dindo classification. Four (7.5%)\udpatients developed long-term complications. 18 (34%) patients had more than one hospital\udadmissions. Conclusions: Acute complications of the liver hydatid disease are associated with\udsignificant post-therapeutic morbidity, which correlates with the cyst's type according to Gharbi\udclassification