Spillage of scoleces is a major problem in surgery of hydatid cysts, because
each of them may develop into a new cyst if it settles on a suitable site such as the
peritoneum. Many surgeons believe that scoleces in ruptured hydatid cysts of the
liver containing bile are not able to develop new cysts, because bile kills thein. In
order to prove this idea, the viability of scoleces in such cys...