Magnetic resonance cholangiography in assessing biliary anatomy in living donors: A meta-analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

Study	Country/years	No. of patients	Mean age	Study design	MRCP technique	Reference standard	QUADAS	TP	FP	FN	TN
Ayuso et al[9]	Spain/2004	25	NS	Prospective	MnDPDP-enhanced, MIP	IOC	12	15	0	1	9
Limanond et al[11]	United States/2004	26	37	Retrospective	T2 single-shot fast spin-echo, T2 HASTE	IOC	13	5	2	2	17
Kim et al[23]	Canada/2005	30	36	Prospective	T2 weighted SSFSE, Mn-DPDP	IOC	12	12	0	1	17
An et al[12]	South Korea/2006	24	29	Prospective	Gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced T1-and T2-weighted, MIP	IOC	14	13	1	1	9
Sirvanci et al[25]	Turkey/2007	62	42	Retrospective	RARE, HASTE, 3D TSE	IOC	13	16	0	3	43
Song et al[26]	South Korea/2007	111	29	Prospective	Single-slab RARE or multislice HASTE	IOC	12	42	3	2	64
Basaran et al[19]	Turkey/2008	40	35	Prospective	T2-weighted PACE turbo spin-echo	IOC	12	13	3	0	24
Kashyap et al[22]	United States/2008	36	38	Retrospective	Thick and thin slab heavily T2 weighted	IOC	14	16	0	3	17
Artioli et al[27]	Italy/2010	32	38	Prospective	T2-weighted	Surgery	11	15	1	2	14
Kim et al[24]	South Korea/2010	52	33	Prospective	RARE, 3D SE T2-weighted sequences.	IOC	14	15	3	3	31
Hsu et al[21]	Taiwan/2011	203	32	Retrospective	RARE thin-slab	IOC	13	45	6	8	144
Chiang et al[20]	Taiwan/2012	228	30	Retrospective	T2-weighted GD-DTPA	IOC	13	55	7	9	157

SSFSE: Single shot fast spin echo; RARE: Rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement; SE: Spin-echo; Mn-DPDP: Mangafodipir trisodium; GD-DTPA: Diethylenetri aminepentaacetic acid; MIP: Maximum intensity projection; PACE: Prospective acquisition correction; SSD: Shaded surface display; HASTE: Half-Fourier Acquisition Single-Shot Turbo Spin-Echo; QUADAS: Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies.