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. 2021 Aug 11;2(3):e087. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000087

TABLE 2.

Interobserver Agreement Measured by Fleiss k (95% CI) in the Assessment of NCCN Resectability Status and Tumor-Vessel Contact, Among All Observers or Subgroups

Outcome Measures All Observers Volume ≥60 Resections/Year Volume <60 Resections/Year Surgeons Radiologists
Resectability status
 Resectability status 0.460 (0.459–0.460) 0.495 (0.494–0.496) 0.452 (0.451–0.452) 0.486 (0.486–0.487) 0.411 (0.410–0.412)
  Resectable 0.555 (0.554–0.555) 0.602 (0.601–0.602) 0.540 (0.539–0.541) 0.579 (0.578–0.580) 0.506 (0.505–0.507)
  Borderline resectable 0.282 (0.281–0.282) 0.314 (0.313–0.315) 0.281 (0.280–0.283) 0.302 (0.300–0.303) 0.232 (0.231–0.233)
  Locally advanced 0.548 (0.548–0.549) 0.573 (0.572–0.574) 0.539 (0.538–0.541) 0.578 (0.577–0.579) 0.511 (0.510–0.512)
Tumor-venous contact
 Superior mesenteric vein 0.427 (0.427–0.428) 0.428 (0.428–0.429) 0.458 (0.457–0.458) 0.436 (0.436–0.437) 0.392 (0.391–0.393)
  Absent 0.420 (0.420–0.421) 0.414 (0.413–0.414) 0.452 (0.451–0.453) 0.424 (0.423–0.425) 0.383 (0.382–0.384)
  ≤180° 0.294 (0.294–0.295) 0.321 (0.321–0.322) 0.307 (0.306–0.308) 0.306 (0.305–0.307) 0.253 (0.252–0.254)
  >180° 0.638 (0.637–0.638) 0.627 (0.626–0.628) 0.669 (0.668–0.670) 0.647 (0.646–0.648) 0.619 (0.618–0.620)
 Main portal vein 0.505 (0.504–0.505) 0.499 (0.498–0.499) 0.551 (0.550–0.551) 0.495 (0.494–0.496) 0.491 (0.490–0.491)
  Absent 0.568 (0.568–0.569) 0.569 (0.568–0.570) 0.585 (0.584–0.586) 0.559 (0.558–0.560) 0.556 (0.555–0.557)
  ≤180° 0.258 (0.258–0.259) 0.270 (0.269–0.271) 0.270 (0.269–0.271) 0.223 (0.222–0.224) 0.260 (0.259–0.261)
  >180° 0.659 (0.659–0.660) 0.647 (0.646–0.648) 0.756 (0.755–0.757) 0.657 (0.656–0.658) 0.643 (0.632–0.644)
Tumor-arterial contact
 Superior mesenteric artery 0.450 (0.449–0.450) 0.450 (0.449–0.451) 0.508 (0.507–0.509) 0.497 (0.497–0.498) 0.387 (0.386–0.388)
  Absent 0.523 (0.523–0.524) 0.508 (0.507–0.509) 0.579 (0.578–0.581) 0.588 (0.587–0.589) 0.443 (0.442–0.444)
  ≤180° 0.297 (0.296–0.297) 0.318 (0.318–0.319) 0.352 (0.351–0.353) 0.311 (0.310–0.312) 0.261 (0.260–0.262)
  >180° 0.528 (0.528–0.529) 0.560 (0.559–0.561) 0.556 (0.555–0.557) 0.558 (0.557–0.559) 0.494 (0.493–0.495)
 Celiac axis 0.528 (0.528–0.529) 0.495 (0.494–0.496) 0.600 (0.599–0.601) 0.560 (0.559–0.561) 0.477 (0.477–0.478)
  Absent 0.638 (0.637–0.638) 0.617 (0.616–0.618) 0.699 (0.698–0.700) 0.668 (0.667–0.669) 0.594 (0.593–0.595)
  ≤180° 0.249 (0.249–0.250) 0.255 (0.254–0.256) 0.277 (0.276–0.278) 0.265 (0.264–0.266) 0.197 (0.196–0.198)
  >180° 0.592 (0.592–0.593) 0.527 (0.526–0.528) 0.663 (0.662–0.664) 0.629 (0.628–0.630) 0.539 (0.538–0.540)
 Common hepatic artery 0.468 (0.467–0.468) 0.429 (0.428–0.430) 0.552 (0.551–0.553) 0.504 (0.503–0.505) 0.414 (0.414–0.415)
  Absent 0.554 (0.554–0.555) 0.532 (0.531–0.533) 0.618 (0.617–0.619) 0.580 (0.579–0.581) 0.507 (0.506–0.508)
  ≤180° 0.254 (0.254–0.255) 0.228 (0.227–0.229) 0.336 (0.335–0.337) 0.309 (0.308–0.310) 0.196 (0.195–0.197)
  >180° 0.508 (0.508–0.509) 0.462 (0.461–0.463) 0.578 (0.577–0.580) 0.522 (0.521–0.523) 0.476 (0.475–0.477)

CI indicates confidence interval.