Current State Diagnosis and Treatment of Abdominal Echinococcosis (Literature Review)

Abstract

The essence of this article is about the state of diagnosis and treatment of echinococcosis of the abdominal cavity, namely the hepatoduodenal region. In this work, we studied the existing problems in the diagnosis and treatment of echinococcosis based on those studied and described in scientific works by various authors. And as sources showed us, the treatment of echinococcosis remains an incompletely resolved problem, despite a lot of work. The advantages and disadvantages of surgical interventions have been studied. The main surgical directions in the treatment of this pathology in hepatobiliary surgery, from minimally invasive interventions to traditional, radical methods of surgery, have been identified. Each method of operation made its contribution to the treatment of echinococcosis and determined its limits in application for a particular patient. Data from domestic and foreign literature have given their assessment that at the moment there is no gold standard in the treatment of echinococcosis of the hepatobiliary region. Many authors believe that the best treatment method is minimally invasive interventions, since they do not particularly affect the quality of life of patients in the long term, but there are disadvantages. Traditional methods of surgery are highly traumatic for patients, which worsens the quality of life. In this regard, the percentage of complications does not tend to decrease. As a result, it was found that there is no single gold standard for surgical treatment, which leaves the question open, relevant and requires research to develop new diagnostic algorithms, new methods of surgical treatment to improve the quality of life of patients with echinococcosis of the hepatobiliary region.