Background: High acinar pancreatic contents are associated with a higher rate of postpancreatectomy acute pancreatitis and pancreatic fistula formation (POPF). Predicting acinar contents preoperatively might identify those at high risk of developing postoperative complications.
Methods: A multivariable analysis was performed to identify radiological factors associated with high pancreatic acinar content at histology in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Background: This study investigated the volumetric remodeling of the left liver after right hepatectomy looking for factors predicting the degree of hypertrophy and severe post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF).
Methods: In a cohort of 121 right hepatectomies, we performed CT volumetrics study of the future left liver remnant (FLR) preoperatively and postoperatively. Factors influencing FLR degree of hypertrophy and severe PHLF were identified by multivariate analysis.
Background: Patients factors in addition to radiological characteristics could predict the presence of pathologic venous invasion in patients undergoing pancreatectomy with venous resection.
Methods: We tested the predictive value of 6 radiological classification methods for predicting pathologic venous invasion-the Nakao, Ishikawa, MD Anderson, Lu, Raptopoulos, and National Comprehensive Cancer Network methods-on a cohort of 198 pancreatectomies (160 pancreaticoduodenectomies and 38 total pancreatectomies) with venous resection for pancreatic adenocarcinomas. Radiological and clinical factors determining pathologic venous invasion were identified by multivariable logistic analysis.