TABLE 4.
Effect of MPCC on management
| Management | Referring institution management (n = 225) | Management recommendations after MPCC review |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No change (n = 157, 69.8 %) | Increase in level of management (n = 52, 23.1 %) | Decrease in level of management (n = 16, 7.1 %) | ||
| No follow-up | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.4 %) | NA |
| Further assessment | 40 | 0 | 9 (4.0 %) surgery, 29 (12.9 %) surveillance | 2 (0.9 %) no follow-up |
| Surveillance | 163 | 146 (64.9 %) | 13 (5.8 %) surgery | 4 (1.8 %) no follow-up |
| Surgery | 21 | 11 (4.9 %) | NA | 10 (4.4 %) surveillance |
MPCC multidisciplinary pancreatic cyst clinic, NA not applicable