Wen-Yi Zhao,Meng Luo,Yong-Wei Sun,Qing Xu,Wei Chen,Gang Zhao and Zhi-Yong Wu Department of General Surgery,Renji Hospital,Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200127,China
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Preoperative diagnosis of local vascular invasion is very important to the selection of therapeutic protocols and prediction of the prognosis of pancreatic and periampullary cancers. This meta-analysis was designed to evaluate the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) in diagnosing vascular invasion in patients with pancreatic and periampullary cancers. DATA SOURCES: English-language articles reporting diagnostic accuracy of CT for vascular invasion in pancreatic and periampullary cancers were se...