• 1. Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China;
  • 2. Department of CT/MRI, Leshan People's Hospital, Leshan 614000, Sichuan Province, China;
SONGBin, Email: cjr.songbin@vip.163.com
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Objective To evaluate the predictive value of pancreatic duct diameter and pancreatic gland thickness measured using preoperative CT imaging on pancreatic fistula(PF)following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Methods One hundred and fifty-one patients who underwent PD consecutively from January 2013 to April 2014 were reviewed retrospectively. Associations between the gender, age and the pancreatic duct diameter and pancreatic gland thickness from preoperative CT imaging and PF were analyzed. The diagnostic values of the pancreatic duct diameter and pancreatic gland thickness in patients with PF were evaluate by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The reliability analysis was done for the pancreatic duct diameter and pancreatic gland thickness by using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The Spearman rank correlation analysis was done between the pancreatic duct diameter and pancreatic gland thickness. Results ①PF occurred in 46 cases (30.1%).②The gender and age were not associated with PF (Gender: χ2=1.698, P=0.193; Age: χ2=0.016, P=0.900). The pancreatic duct diameter and pancreatic gland thickness were associated with PF (Pancreatic duct diameter: OR=0.275, 95% CI 0.164-0.461, P=0.000; Pancreatic gland thickness: OR=1.319, 95% CI 1.163-1.496, P=0.000).③There was no correlation between the pancreatic duct diameter and the pancreatic gland thickness (rs=-0.120, P=0.145).④The area under curve of ROC was 0.814 (95% CI 0.745-0.883, P < 0.001) for the pancreatic duct diameter in predicting the PF, the sensitivity and specificity was 68.6% and 78.3% respectively when the best critical value was 3.5 mm. The area under curve of ROC was 0.762 (95% CI 0.674-0.849, P < 0.001) for the pancreatic gland thickness in predicting PF, the sensitivity and specificity was 63.0% and 85.7% respectively when the best critical value was 31 mm.⑤The ICC of the pancreatic duct diameter and pancreatic gland thickness was 0.984 and 0.992 respectively by two medical diagnostic measurement. Conclusion Pancreatic duct diameter and pancreatic gland thickness measured using preoperative CT imaging might be useful in predicting PF following PD.

Citation: WUMing-peng, ZHANGXiao, LIUXi-jiao, HUANGZixing, SONGBin. Pancreatic Duct Diameter and Pancreatic Gland Thickness Measured Using Preoperative CT Imaging in Predicting Pancreatic Fistula Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2014, 21(8): 1019-1023. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20140245 Copy

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