Is ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation a valid alternative treatment for end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis in Europe?

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¹ Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Visceral Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Bern and University Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: guido.beldi@insel.ch.
² WHO-Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.
³ Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Visceral Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Bern and University Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁴ National Reference Centre for Echinococcosis and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, Visceral Surgery Department, Besançon University Hospital and University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.
⁵ Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Hepatology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern and University Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁶ National Reference Centre for Echinococcosis and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, Hepatology Department, Besançon University Hospital and University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.
⁷ National Reference Centre for Echinococcosis and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory and Visceral Surgery Department, Besançon University Hospital and University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.

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Guido Beldi et al. J Hepatol. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;70(5):1030-1031.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.12.011. Epub 2019 Feb 2.

¹ Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Visceral Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Bern and University Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: guido.beldi@insel.ch.
² WHO-Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.
³ Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Visceral Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Bern and University Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁴ National Reference Centre for Echinococcosis and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, Visceral Surgery Department, Besançon University Hospital and University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.
⁵ Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Hepatology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern and University Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁶ National Reference Centre for Echinococcosis and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, Hepatology Department, Besançon University Hospital and University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.
⁷ National Reference Centre for Echinococcosis and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory and Visceral Surgery Department, Besançon University Hospital and University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.

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Ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation as alternative to allotransplantation for end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis.
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