Comparison of the Efficacy of Anatomic and Non-anatomic Hepatectomy for Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis: Clinical Experience of 240 Cases in a Single Center

• Main Authors: Jide A (Author), Jingni Zhang (Author), Jinping Chai (Author), Shunyun Zhao (Author), Hao Wang (Author), Xiangren A (Author), Jinyu Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundHepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic parasitic disease. There are more than 16,000 new cases each year, approximately 60 million people are threatened, and the annual direct economic loss is RMB 3 billion. The prevalence of AE in some areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is as...