Objective By analyzing 2 560 echinococcosis cases through telemedicine,to explore a new mode for preventing,diagnosing,and treating of echinococcosis.Method From January 2009 to December 2013 in our hospital through remote medical care and consulting we analyzed cases and conducted statistics on consultation's person time,location difference,spectrum of disease and upward referral rate as well as the cost of hospitalization.Result (1) The amount of consultation rose from 182 cases in 2009 to 873 cases in 2013.(2) The proportion of consultation from northern Xinjiang is about 83％-91％,obviously higher than that from south Xinjiang and eastern Xinjiang,which fits those areas mainly with the economical character of the husbandry.(3) Most consultation cases are echinococcosis (99.42％) followed by echinococcosis (0.24％),pelvic cystic echinococcosis (0.19％),cerebral echinococcosis (0.12％),and cardiac echinococcosis (0.03％).(4) Upward referral rate is nearly 7.97％ and about 92.03％ patients were treated in local community hospitals saving medical care budget by RMB 14.78 million.Conclusions Use and establishment of the three level network system for preventing,diagnosing,and treating the echinococcosis by telemedicine effectively enhances primary hospital's ability in the care of these patients and alleviates patients economical burden.

Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment efficacy of bronchobiliary fistula due to hepatic cystic echinococcosis.Methods A retrospective evaluation of 39 patients with BBF was performed during 1992 to 2012.We divided the 39 patients into group A treated before 2001 and group B after 2002.A retrospective analysis was made.Results There were three deaths among the 39 BBF patients due to hepatic hydatid disease.The cause of death was septic shock due to severe infection.There were no statistical differences in the basic factors,age (t =0.84,P =0.554),gender (P =1.0),and sputum volume (t =0.98,P =0.703),hydatid diameter (t =1.11,P =0.406),operation time,chest infection (P =1.0),mortality (P =0.235) between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).While postoperative length of stay(t =7.64,P =0.000),postoperative complications of residual cavity (P =0.001),length of tube drainage(t =6.747,P =0.01),recurrence of bronchial fistula (P =0.022),pleural dissemination (P =0.018),reoperation rate (P =0.049) were all in favour of group B (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Surgery is the choice of therapy for BBF due to hepatic hydatid disease,and one-stage procedure is expected to achieve the best outcomes.