Laparoscopic Hydatid Cyst Removal

Cystic Echinococcosis (CE), also known as hydatid  cyst disease, is caused by infection with the larval stage of Echinococcosis granulosus, a long tapeworm found in dogs (definitive host) and sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs (intermediate hosts). Cystic hydatid disease usually affects the liver (50–70%) and less frequently the lung, the spleen, the kidney, the bones, and the brain. Liver hydatidosis can cause dissemination or anaphylaxis after a cyst ruptures into the biliary tract. Infection of the cyst can facilitate the development of liver abscesses and mechanic local complications, such as mass effect on bile ducts and vessels that can induce cholestasis, and portal hypertension. Treatment of hydatid liver cyst cane be performed laparoscopically. The modern treatment of hydatid cyst of the liver varies from surgical intervention to percutaneous drainage or medical therapy.

There are no specific precautions one has to take after the Laparoscopic surgery, infact, You will be able to walk around on the day of surgery itself and will be offered a normal diet from the following day and You will be able to resume your normal routine, including going back to work, within the next few days. Overall recovery is about two to three weeks.