A case of successful multi-stage surgical treatment of liver echinococcosis

A clinical case of successful radical multi-stage surgical treatment of a patient with bilobar parasitic lesion of the liver with echinococcosis complicated by infection of one of the cysts is presented. The patient was admitted to the clinic with volumetric lesions in both lobes of the liver. At the stage of differential diagnosis, on the basis of process verification by puncture biopsy under ultrasound control, the ethiology of mass lesions was reliably established. At the primary stationary stage, infection of one of the echinococcal cysts was diagnosed, for which the cyst was drained under ultrasound control. After that, the patient was discharged to the outpatient care for compensation, correction of the general level of health and nutritional status. At the next stage of the inpatient examination, the patient was determined to have an insufficient level of functional reserves of the liver to perform a radical operation. For this reason, laparoscopic ligation of the right branch of the portal vein was performed in order to develop vicarious hypertrophy of the contralateral lobe. After 30 days, the increased level of functional reserves of the liver made it possible to plan radical surgical treatment with an acceptable risk for the patient. The operation was performed in the amount of right-sided extended hemihepatectomy with marginal resection of the 3rd segment of the liver. The symptoms of liver failure in the postoperative period according to the ISGLS scale were regarded as Grade A. The patient was discharged from the hospital in a satisfactory condition on day 10 after the operation. In the postoperative period, courses of therapy with albendazole were prescribed according to the standard scheme. The patient is under observation for more than a year after treatment. The condition is satisfactory. No recurrence of the disease was noted.

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