Validation and performance of three-level procedure-based classification for laparoscopic liver resection.

Yoshikuni KawaguchiShogo TanakaDavid FuksAkishige KanazawaYutaka TakedaFumitoshi HirokawaHiroyuki NittaTakayoshi NakajimaTakashi KaizuMasaki KaiboriToru KojimaYuichiro OtsukaShoji KuboKiyoshi HasegawaNorihiro KokudoHironori KanekoGo WakabayashiBrice Gayet

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)

The difference of 3 IMM grades with respect to surgical and postoperative outcomes was validated using an external cohort. The 3-level procedure-based IMM classification was in accordance with the index-based IWATE criteria. The IMM classification performed better than the minor/major classification for stratifying LLR procedures.

Keyphrases

deep learning
machine learning
minimally invasive
patients undergoing
robot assisted
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome