Accurate preoperative diagnosis of post-hepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) is particularly important to improve the prognosis of patients.
Purpose
To evaluate the predictive value of Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for post-hepatectomy liver failure.
Material and Methods
A systematic search was performed in the PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases to find relevant original articles published up to December 2021. The included studies were assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool. The bivariate random-effects model was used to assess the diagnostic authenticity. Meta-regression analyses were performed to analyze the potential heterogeneity.
Results
In total, 13 articles were included. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, diagnostic odds ratio, and the area under the summary receiver operating characteristic curves were 88% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.80–0.94), 80% (95% CI = 0.73–0.86), 4.4 (95% CI = 3.3–5.9), 0.14 (95% CI = 0.08–0.25), 31 (95% CI = 17–57), and 0.91 (95% CI = 0.89–0.94), respectively. There was no publication bias and threshold effect in our study.
Conclusion
Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI is a potentially useful for the prediction of PHLF after major hepatectomy.
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