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Preoperative diagnosis of portal vein invasion in pancreatic head cancer: appropriate indications for concomitant portal vein resection
Author(s) -
Teramura Koichi,
Noji Takehiro,
Nakamura Toru,
Asano Toshimichi,
Tanaka Kimitaka,
Nakanishi Yoshitsugu,
Tsuchikawa Takahiro,
Okamura Keisuke,
Shichinohe Toshiaki,
Hirano Satoshi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 1868-6974
DOI - 10.1002/jhbp.387
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , radiology , pancreatic cancer , portal vein , pathological , concomitant , pancreatic head , predictive value , cancer , surgery , resection
Abstract Background The surgical indications for patients with pancreatic head cancer (PHC) with clinical portal vein (PV) invasion (cPV) remain controversial. The present study aimed to determine the ability of computed tomography (CT) to diagnose pathological PV involvement (pPV) in PHC. Methods We evaluated the morphological features (length and circumference) and two sets of diagnostic criteria for cPV determined from preoperative CT findings of 112 consecutive patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy for PHC. This study is listed in the UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN‐CTR; No: UMIN000016827). Results Five patients were excluded because enhanced CT data were missing. Morphological features have low diagnostic ability for pPV. We diagnosed 67 patients with cPV based on our diagnostic criteria and those of Klauss, and 42 of them had pPV. The negative predictive values of these diagnostic criteria for pPV were satisfactory (>95%) and the positive predictive value was relatively low (61.2%). Postoperative survival could be predicted based on the cPV type. Conclusion An accurate diagnosis of pPV based on morphological features determined by preoperative CT is difficult. However, preoperative CT appears useful for selecting patients with PHC who could be candidates for pancreaticoduodenectomy with or without PV resection.