Palliative operation for the treatment of alveolar echinococcosis
2009
Background
The World Health Organization guidelines recommend radical hepatic resection for definite treatment of alveolar echinococcosis (AE), because it can cure the patient. However, parasitic masses are not entirely removable in about 70% of patients. Even so, palliative resections are carried out, although cure cannot be achieved. As conservative treatment has improved, the role of palliative surgical procedures has to be redefined.
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