ObjectiveTo evaluate the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) for biliary strictures post-orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).
MethodsA systematic review was performed by searching electronic bibliographic databases, including the Cochrane Library, Medline, EMbase, CNKI, and WanFang from 1994 to 2014. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, and negative likelihood ratio were used to describe the diagnostic value. Summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve with area under the SROC curve (AUC) were used to summarize overall diagnostic performance.
ResultsSix studies involving 261 subjects were eligible for the analysis. The summary estimates of pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and AUC of MRCP for the diagnosis of biliary strictures after OLT were 89% (95% CI:0.83-0.94), 94% (95% CI:0.88-0.98), 8.04 (95% CI:2.83-22.85), 0.11 (95% CI:0.04-0.37), and 0.961, respectively.
ConclusionMRCP is a sensitive and specific technique to diagnose biliary strictures after OLT.
