Predicting the complexity of minimally invasive liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma using machine learning.

Journal: HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association
Published Date: Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite technical advancements, minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains challenging. Nonetheless, effective tools to assess MILS complexity are still lacking. Machine learning (ML) models could improve the accuracy of such tools.

Authors

  • Giovanni Catalano
    Department of Surgery, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • Laura Alaimo
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  • Odysseas P Chatzipanagiotou
    First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Andrea Ruzzenente
    Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
  • Francesca Ratti
    Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: ratti.francesca@hsr.it.
  • Luca Aldrighetti
    Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
  • Hugo P Marques
    Department of Surgery, Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • François Cauchy
    Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Clichy, France.
  • Vincent Lam
    Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • George A Poultsides
    Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Tom Hugh
    Department of Surgery, The University of Sydney, School of Medicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Irinel Popescu
    Department of Surgery, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
  • Sorin Alexandrescu
    Department of Surgery, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
  • Guillaume Martel
    Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  • Minoru Kitago
    Department of Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Itaru Endo
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine Yokohama Japan.
  • Ana Gleisner
    Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States.
  • Feng Shen
    Department of Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Shanghai, China.
  • Timothy M Pawlik
    Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH.

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