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Laino ME, Fiz F, Morandini P, Costa G, Maffia F, Giuffrida M, Pecorella I, Gionso M, Wheeler DR, Cambiaghi M, Saba L, Sollini M, Chiti A, Savevsky V, Torzilli G, Viganò L. A virtual biopsy of liver parenchyma to predict the outcome of liver resection. Updates Surg 2023; 75:1519-1531. [PMID: 37017906 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-023-01495-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023]
Abstract
The preoperative risk assessment of liver resections (LR) is still an open issue. Liver parenchyma characteristics influence the outcome but cannot be adequately evaluated in the preoperative setting. The present study aims to elucidate the contribution of the radiomic analysis of non-tumoral parenchyma to the prediction of complications after elective LR. All consecutive patients undergoing LR between 2017 and 2021 having a preoperative computed tomography (CT) were included. Patients with associated biliary/colorectal resection were excluded. Radiomic features were extracted from a virtual biopsy of non-tumoral liver parenchyma (a 2 mL cylinder) outlined in the portal phase of preoperative CT. Data were internally validated. Overall, 378 patients were analyzed (245 males/133 females-median age 67 years-39 cirrhotics). Radiomics increased the performances of the preoperative clinical models for both liver dysfunction (at internal validaton, AUC = 0.727 vs. 0.678) and bile leak (AUC = 0.744 vs. 0.614). The final predictive model combined clinical and radiomic variables: for bile leak, segment 1 resection, exposure of Glissonean pedicles, HU-related indices, NGLDM_Contrast, GLRLM indices, and GLZLM_ZLNU; for liver dysfunction, cirrhosis, liver function tests, major hepatectomy, segment 1 resection, and NGLDM_Contrast. The combined clinical-radiomic model for bile leak based on preoperative data performed even better than the model including the intraoperative data (AUC = 0.629). The textural features extracted from a virtual biopsy of non-tumoral liver parenchyma improved the prediction of postoperative liver dysfunction and bile leak, implementing information given by standard clinical data. Radiomics should become part of the preoperative assessment of candidates to LR.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria Elena Laino
- Artificial Intelligence Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Artificial Intelligence Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Artificial Intelligence Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
| | - Martina Cambiaghi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Artificial Intelligence Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
| | - Luca Viganò
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Viale Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy.
- Hepatobiliary Unit, Department of Minimally Invasive General and Oncologic Surgery, Humanitas Gavazzeni University Hospital, Viale M. Gavazzeni 21, 24125, Bergamo, Italy.
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