Identification of A0 minimum ablative margins for colorectal liver metastases: multicentre, retrospective study using deformable CT registration and artificial intelligence-based autosegmentation.
Iwan PaolucciJessica Albuquerque Marques SilvaYuan-Mao LinGregor LaimerValentina CigniniFrancesca MenchiniMarcio MeiraAlexander ShiehCaleb O'ConnorKyle A JonesCarlo GazzeraPaolo FonioKristy K BrockMarco CalandriMarcos MenezesReto BaleBruno C OdisioPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2024)
A minimum ablative margin of 5 mm or larger demonstrates optimal local oncological outcomes. It is proposed that an intraprocedural minimum ablative margin of 5 mm or larger, confirmed using biomechanical deformable image registration, serves as the A0 for colorectal liver metastasis thermal ablation.