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

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Visceral Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Bern and University Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].
• 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.