Presentation of Protoscolexes and Acephalocysts in the Fibrous Capsule Area of the Liver with Echinococcosis (PAFCLE)

Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Surgery Named After V. Vakhidov

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Echinococcosis, Hepatic

Treatments: Procedure: Echinococcectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06316154

12032024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study is to determine the presence of germinal elements of echinococcosis in the liver parenchyma next to and in the thickness of the fibrous capsule of hydatid cysts.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Presence of primary or recurrent liver echinococcosis disease requiring surgical treatment
• Cyst diametr >5 cm;
• Performing one of the surgical treatment of liver echinococcosis with intraoperative sampling of part of the fibrous capsule with or without adjacent liver tissue for research;
• Signed informed consent of patients for inclusion in the study;

Exclusion criteria

• Liver echinococcosis with cysts less than 5 cm in diametr;
• Presence of severe concomitant disorders