Table 1.
Comparison of demographic and preoperative clinical data between laparoscopic and open resection of patients with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis.
Fig 1.
Development of caseload in AE cohort.
Fig 2.
Laparoscopic resection of AE-lesions in two patients: In the first patient, CT-scan shows a small lesion in central liver segment 4a/b (A). Prior to resection an intraoperative sonography was made and the lesion was marked (B). The dissection of liver parenchyma was performed by an ultrasonic dissection device (C). A post-resectional sonography showed free resection margins (D). The CT-scan of a second patient shows a calcified lesion in liver segment 4b (E). This lesion could be macroscopically seen in the diagnostic laparoscopy (F). Dissection of liver parenchyma was done by an ultrasonic dissection device (G) and by ultrasonic surgical aspirator system (H).
Table 2.
Comparison of perioperative data between laparoscopic and open resection of patients with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis.
Fig 3.
Boxplots for the pre- and postoperative serology of EgHF, Em2 and recEm18 (AU/ml).
The bars show mean values and T-bars standard deviations respectively. A significantly lower postoperative antibody level is seen in all sampled antibodies. AU/ml, arbitrary units per milliliter; EgHF, Echinococcus granulosus hydatid fluid; Em2, Echinococcus multilocularis 2; recEm18, recombinant Echinococcus multilocularis 18.
Fig 4.
Overall survival (A) and recurrence-free survival (B) of patients undergoing surgical resection due to alveolar echinococcosis.
Fig 5.
Location of hepatic AE lesions according to surgical approach of PNM stage 1 patients.
Table 3.
Comparison of demographic and perioperative clinical data between laparoscopic and open resection of PNM I staged patients with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis.