[Drainage of the pericystic cavity in echinococcosis of the liver].

The authors emphasize that echinococcosis is cosmopolitan parasitosis and liver is the most often target organ. The most common complications are summarized. At any slightest doubt of the liver infection, the authors recommend modern diagnostic tools (ultrasonography CT) in liver examination. They analyze their lo years experience (20 hepatal). The conclusion is that basic therapeutic procedure is removing of pericyst content with hydatid membrane and residual cavity is treated later. The authors accept updated biac of liver echinococcosis treatment (radical removing of pericyst performing typical or atypical resection, or total lobectomy in case of lobar destruction). However they point out that drainage operations (marsupialization, external drainage with rubber drain, irrigation-aspiration drainage, T-drainage and internal drainage omentopeksia, anastomosis of the cavity with jejunal lumen) still have their place and value in Surgery.