Can preoperative liver MRI with gadoxetic acid help reduce open-close laparotomies for curative intent pancreatic cancer surgery?

Table 4 Potential change in surgical plan due to higher yield of EOB-MRI in liver metastasis detection

	Ineligible for surgery
	CECT	EOB-MRI	Potential reduction of futile (open-close) laparotomy
Reader 1	9.1% (6/66)	22.7% (15/66)	13.6% (9/66)
Reader 2	10.6% (7/66)	21.2% (14/66)	10.6% (7/66)

Data in parentheses are numbers used to calculate the percentages. EOB-MRI Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI, CECT Contrast-enhanced computed tomography

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