Cystocholecystostomy: A new technique for management of hilar biliary disruption due to a large hydatid cyst liver - Ten years of follow-up

A long-standing and large-sized hepatic hydatid cyst located at the liver hilum is likely to rupture into the adjoining major bile ducts. This unusual complication demands preoperative diagnosis at an early stage and adequate surgical management so as to prevent morbidity and mortality. Such cases are managed with bilioenteric anastomosis by doing Roux-en-Y cystojejunostomy. However, one such case was managed by performing side to side anastomosis between disrupted hydatid cyst at the hilum and adjoining gallbladder. This innovative surgical procedure was named “Cysto-cholecystostomy” and was reported for the first time in the English literature. This case report presents ten years of follow up of this patient along with discussion of related cases published in the literature.