[Comparative results of the surgical treatment of echinococcosis in patients hospitalized after applying for medical services and in those identified by an active method].

The work deals with the results of studying 2,025 patients who were operated on for hydatid disease of various localization which was diagnosed on their visit to a physician and 181 patients in whom the disease was discovered by the active method. A high percentage of complications (16.1%) and mortality (4.1%) were registered after surgery in the first group. In the second group of patients postoperative complications amounted to 8.1% and mortality was 0.5%. It was concluded that recognition of patients before the development of complications influences significantly the outcome of operation for hydatid disease. To improve the results of surgical treatment of hydatid disease, the patients must be recognized actively and those who underwent operation must be kept under regular medical survey.