Title

USG and magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative and postoperative management of hepatic lesions: A prospective study

Authors

Hariprasad Ramanathan¹, Sachin Dawale², Kaushik Rajavel³, Pritika Gnanasekaran⁴, Priyadarshini Ramesh⁵ & B Holebasu^6,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Radiodiagnosis, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India; ²Department of Radiodiagnosis, MGIMS, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India; ³Department of Orthopaedics, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁴Department of Medicine, Global Medical Centre, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁵Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ⁶Department of Radiology, KLE JGMM Medical College, Hubballi, Karnataka, India; *Corresponding Author

Email

Hariprasad Ramanathan - E - mail: hariprasad24297@gmail.com; Phone no: +91 9495965786

Sachin Dawale - E - mail: sachindawale97@gmail.com; Phone no: +91 9545216294

Kaushik Rajavel - E - mail: kaushikr246@gmail.com; Phone no: +91 9677391827

Pritika Gnanasekaran - E - mail: prithika33378@gmail.com; Phone no: +91 9500631112

Priyadarshini Ramesh - E - mail: priyaramesh1198@gmail.com; Phone no: +91 8825735755

Holebasu B - E - mail: holebasusballur@gmail.com; Phone no: +91 8095741090

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received December 1, 2024; Revised December 31, 2024; Accepted December 31, 2024, Published December 31, 2024

Abstract

Hepatic lesions are common and require accurate diagnosis for effective management and treatment outcomes. This study compared the diagnostic efficacy and sensitivity of USG and MRI in preoperative and postoperative evaluations of hepatic lesions in 100 patients over 12 months. MRI demonstrated superior sensitivity, particularly for lesions smaller than 2 cm (p < 0.0001), and influenced surgical decision-making in 40% of cases by providing more accurate lesion characterization. Postoperative assessments with MRI were more effective in detecting residual or recurrent disease than USG (p = 0.002). These findings highlight MRI's critical role in surgical planning and comprehensive management of hepatic lesions.

Keywords

Hepatic lesions, ultrasonography, MRI, preoperative imaging, postoperative follow-up, liver tumours, imaging modalities.

Citation

Ramanathan et al. Bioinformation 20(12): 1913-1916 (2024)

Edited by

A Prashanth

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.