TY - JOUR
T1 - Communicating with the hepatobiliary surgeon through structured report
AU - Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo
AU - Taibbi, Adele
AU - Pardo, Salvatore
AU - Cannella, Roberto
AU - La Grutta, Ludovico
AU - Lo Re, Giuseppe
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Communicating radiological findings to hepatobiliary surgeons is not an easy task due to the complexity of liver imaging, coexistence of multiple hepatic lesions and different surgical treatment options. Recently, the adoption and implementation of structured report in everyday clinical practice has been supported to achieve higher quality, more reproducibility in communication and closer adherence to current guidelines. In this review article, we will illustrate the main benefits, strengths and limitations of structured reporting, with particular attention on the advantages and challenges of structured template in the preoperative evaluation of cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients with focal liver lesions. Structured reporting may improve the preoperative evaluation, focusing on answering specific clinical questions that are requested by hepatobiliary surgeons in candidates to liver resection.
AB - Communicating radiological findings to hepatobiliary surgeons is not an easy task due to the complexity of liver imaging, coexistence of multiple hepatic lesions and different surgical treatment options. Recently, the adoption and implementation of structured report in everyday clinical practice has been supported to achieve higher quality, more reproducibility in communication and closer adherence to current guidelines. In this review article, we will illustrate the main benefits, strengths and limitations of structured reporting, with particular attention on the advantages and challenges of structured template in the preoperative evaluation of cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients with focal liver lesions. Structured reporting may improve the preoperative evaluation, focusing on answering specific clinical questions that are requested by hepatobiliary surgeons in candidates to liver resection.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/383405
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592439/pdf/bjro.20190012.pdf
M3 - Article
VL - 1
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - BJR|OPEN
JF - BJR|OPEN
SN - 2513-9878
ER -