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

Contraindications for surgery: Surgery is contraindicated in patients to whom general contraindications for surgery apply, inactive asymptomatic cysts, difficult to access cysts, and very small cysts. Inclusion criteria: (1) patients with hepatic cystic echinococcosis who are able to tolerate surgery and routinely undergo open abdomen surgical treatment;(2) the case data is complete, and no important data is missing. Exclusion criteria: (1) patients with hepatic cystic echinococcosis who underwent emergency surgery (most of whom had hydatid complications, such as rupture);(2) patients who underwent surgery at other sites except for liver hydatid;(3) Laparoscopic treatment cases; (4) abnormal discharge patients. [Extracted from the article]