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Abstract
Background: The hydatid disease is an endemic public disease in Iraq. Surgical intervention in hydatid liver cyst is essential in preventing threatening complications and death.
Aim: To compare between morbidity of laparoscopic hydatid liver cyst removal versus open surgery technique.
Methods: A comparative clinical prospective study carried out in surgical department of Al-Imamain Al-Kadhmain Medical city in Baghdad city-Iraq during duration of one year from 1st of January till 31st of December, 2024 on sample of 90 patients with liver hydatid cysts (45 patients underwent laparoscopy removal and 45 patients underwent open surgery). The diagnosis of hydatid liver cyst was depending mainly on ultrasound and CT-scan finding. Postoperative follow up of patients was done daily for two months duration.
Results: There was a significant association between older age patients with hydatid cysts and laparoscopic removal (p=0.03). There was a highly significant association between patients with peripheral hydatid cyst location and laparoscopic removal (p