Risk factors and management of biliary leakage after Endocystectomy for hepatic cystic echinococcosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endocystectomy is a conservative surgical approach to managing cystic echinococcosis. Bile leakage is the main complication of this technique. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with bile leakage and to assess the outcomes and cost efficiency of strategies used to treat bile leakage.

Methodology/principal findings

Patients who underwent endocystectomy between 2005 and 2020 were included. The preoperative characteristics, intra- and postoperative outcomes, hospital costs, and cost efficiency (the Diagnosis-Related Group reimbursement minus the overall cost) were evaluated prospectively. A total of eighty patients with 142 cysts were included. Postoperative complications occurred in 17 patients (21%), including 11 patients with bile leakage

SUBMITTER: Abbasi Dezfouli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637722 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature