A systematic review and meta-analysis on the treatment of liver hydatid cyst: Comparing laparoscopic and open surgeries

The results show no promising trends towards advantages of open versus laparoscopic surgeries in the treatment of liver hydatid cyst. However, informative measurement values for comparing these surgeries could be derived for complications, recurrence, mortality and cure rates. Furthermore, all three tests, namely Egger's, SVE and SVT regression models, were used to assess publication bias and showed no evidence for the existence of publication bias.