Can preoperative liver MRI with gadoxetic acid help reduce open-close laparotomies for curative intent pancreatic cancer surgery?

Kartik S JhaveriAli Babaei JandaghiSeng ThipphavongOsvaldo Espin-GarciaAnna DoddShawn HutchinsonTrevor W ReichmanCarol-Anne MoultonIan D McGilvarySteven Gallinger

Published in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2021)

Preoperative EOB-MRI has superior diagnostic performance in detecting LM from PDAC. This better informs surgical eligibility with potential reduction of futile open-close laparotomies from attempted curative intent pancreatic cancer surgery.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
diffusion weighted imaging
coronary artery bypass
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
patients undergoing
rectal cancer
surgical site infection
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
percutaneous coronary intervention
risk assessment
coronary artery disease
climate change