MRI Liver Imaging Integrated with Texture Analysis in Native Liver Survivor Patients with Biliary Atresia after Kasai Portoenterostomy: Correlation with Medical Outcome after Surgical Treatment.

ABSTRACT: Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) plays a crucial role in the treatment of biliary atresia (BA). The aim is to correlate MRI quantitative findings of native liver survivor BA patients after KP with a medical outcome. Thirty patients were classified as having ideal medical outcomes (Group 1; n = 11) if laboratory parameter values were in the normal range and there was no evidence of chronic liver disease complications; otherwise, they were classified as having nonideal medical outcomes (Group 2; n = 19). Liver and spleen volumes, portal vein diameter, liver mean, and maximum and minimum ADC values were measured; similarly, ADC and T2-weighted textural parameters were obtained using ROI analysis. The liver volume was significantly (p = 0.007) lower in Group 2 than in Group 1 (

SUBMITTER: Caruso M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10045135 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature