Sophie Francisse, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Michael Fernandez Y Viesca, Laura Mans, Anne Demols, Martina Pezzullo, Patricia Loi, Julie Navez, Jean Closset, Maria Antonietta Bali, Morgane Van Wettere, Nicki D'Haene, Pieter Demetter, Laurine Verset, Christelle Bouchart, Arnaud Lemmers, Jacques Deviere, Myriam Delhaye, Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Marianna Arvanitakis
BACKGROUND: Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings aim to optimize patient management. We evaluated the impact of MDT discussions on the management and diagnosis of focal pancreatic lesions in a single tertiary center. METHODS: All patients with an initial diagnosis of solid or cystic pancreatic lesion discussed in our institution's MDT meeting on pancreatic diseases between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, were included. The impact of MDT discussion on patient management, defined as a modification of the initially proposed therapeutic plan after MDT discussion, as well as the criteria leading to this modification, were the primary outcomes...
2023: Annals of Gastroenterology: Quarterly Publication of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology