An integrated surgical training program for hepatic cystic echinococcosis in Xinjiang of China.

• Main Authors: Hongwei Zhang (Author), Jian Yang (Author), Jiang Li (Author), Jing Yang (Author), Yunbao Yu (Author), Guisheng Liu (Author), Yongguo Zhang (Author), Long Zhang (Author), Wei Guo (Author), Abuduwayiti (Author), Hong Sun (Author), Shuxia Guo (Author), Xueling Chen (Author), Xiangwei Wu (Author), Shijie Zhang (Author), Xinyu Peng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Human cystic echinococcosis (CE) is one of the commonest zoonoses, and it is endemic in many parts of the world including China. Complications and recurrences after the surgical treatment of hepatic CE (HCE) incur a large personal, healthcare, and societal burden. There has been some prog...