Experience with the surgical treatment of hepatic hydatidosis: Case series with follow-up

Table 1 Surgical techniques for HH in this patient series

Technique	n (%)
Subtotal cystectomy	110 (90)
Liver resection	6 (5)
Subtotal cystectomy + liver segmentectomy	2 (2)
Others	4 (3)
Total	122 (100)

HH: Hepatic hydatidosis.

Table 2 Clinical, evolutionary and laboratory variables according to postoperative complications (mean ± SD)

Variables	Patients with postoperative complications (n = 25)	Patients without postoperative complications (n = 97)
Age (yr)	48.2 ± 15	43.63 ± 17
Sex (% male)	60	33
Evolutionary complications of the cyst (before surgery) (%) (HAH, HHT, rupture to the abdominal cavity and cholangiohydatidosis)	20	9
Protection of the surgical area (% povidone)	24	21
Number of cysts	1.56 ± 0.9	1.32 ± 0.5
Leukocyte count (cells/mm3)	10 245 ± 3955	9095 ± 4605
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	2.03 ± 2.4	1.43 ± 3.7
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	616 ± 576	397 ± 440
AST (U/L)	85.8 ± 39	55.8 ± 91
ALT (U/L)	83.47 ± 94	73 ± 96

HAH: Hepatic abscess of hydatid origin; HHT: Hepatothoracic transit; AST: Aspartate transaminase; ALT: Alanine transaminase.