Abstract
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopy in the treatment of abdominal echinococcosis is accompanied by complications. Therefore, studies on optimizing surgical approaches that reduce intra- and postoperative complications in liver echinococcosis are extremely relevant.
AIM: This study aimed to assess the possibility of using three-dimensional (3D) technologies in children with abdominal echinococcosis to determine whether it can increase the efficiency of laparoscopic treatment and reduce complications.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective analysis was conducted from 2013 to 2019 among 43 children with isolated liver echinococcosis who underwent multiport laparoscopic echinococcectomy. In the preoperative period, 25 patients from the main group used a complex of modern 3D technology: creating a 3D reconstruction of a liver with a parasitic cyst and then printing a 3D model of an organ with vessels and bile ducts.
RESULTS: The use of virtual computer visualization with the 3D reconstruction of the parasitic cyst and adjacent blood vessels with bile ducts made it possible to produce a 3D liver model. This approach provided the possibility of personalized laparoscopic access and precision in performing surgeries. Postoperatively, residual cavity (n = 1, 4.0%) was observed in the main group and biliary fistula and residual cavity (n = 2, 11.1%) in the comparison group
CONCLUSIONS: Thus, the use of 3D technologies in children with abdominal echinococcosis can increase the efficiency of laparoscopic treatment and reduce the number of early and late complications.