Acute complications of liver hydatidosis: Still associated with significant morbidity

• Main Authors: Gianmarco Lotito, Ionut Negoi, Mircea Beuran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
• Series: Journal of Acute Disease
• Subjects: Hepatic cystic echinococcosis; Hepatic hydatid cysts; Therapy
• Online Access: http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2017;volume=6;issue=5;spage=214;epage=217;aulast=Lotito

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