Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is associated with a high risk of postoperative complications (PoCs) and risk prediction of these is therefore critical for optimal treatment planning. We hypothesize that novel de...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mikkel Bonde, Alexander Bonde, Haytham Kaafarani, Andreas Millarch, Martin Sillesen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316402
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1841525901715570688
author Mikkel Bonde
Alexander Bonde
Haytham Kaafarani
Andreas Millarch
Martin Sillesen
author_facet Mikkel Bonde
Alexander Bonde
Haytham Kaafarani
Andreas Millarch
Martin Sillesen
author_sort Mikkel Bonde
collection DOAJ
description <h4>Introduction</h4>Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is associated with a high risk of postoperative complications (PoCs) and risk prediction of these is therefore critical for optimal treatment planning. We hypothesize that novel deep learning network approaches through transfer learning may be superior to legacy approaches for PoC risk prediction in the PDAC surgical setting.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from the US National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) 2002-2018 were used, with a total of 5,881,881 million patients, including 31,728 PD patients. Modelling approaches comprised of a model trained on a general surgery patient cohort and then tested on a PD specific cohort (general model), a transfer learning model trained on the general surgery patients with subsequent transfer and retraining on a PD-specific patient cohort (transfer learning model), a model trained and tested exclusively on the PD-specific patient cohort (direct model), and a benchmark random forest model trained on the PD patient cohort (RF model). The models were subsequently compared against the American College of Surgeons (ACS) surgical risk calculator (SRC) in terms of predicting mortality and morbidity risk.<h4>Results</h4>Both the general model and transfer learning model outperformed the RF model in 14 and 16 out of 19 prediction tasks, respectively. Additionally, both models outperformed the direct model on 17 out of the 19 tasks. The transfer learning model also outperformed the general model on 11 out of the 19 prediction tasks. The transfer learning model outperformed the ACS-SRC regarding mortality and all the models outperformed the ACS-SRC regarding the morbidity prediction with the general model achieving the highest Receiver Operator Area Under the Curve (ROC-AUC) of 0.668 compared to the 0.524 of the ACS SRC.<h4>Conclusion</h4>DNNs deployed using a transfer learning approach may be of value for PoC risk prediction in the PD setting.
format Article
id doaj-art-01788a04cf154c74aa28bcc08e68d365
institution Kabale University
issn 1932-6203
language English
publishDate 2024-01-01
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
record_format Article
series PLoS ONE
spelling doaj-art-01788a04cf154c74aa28bcc08e68d3652025-01-17T05:31:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011912e031640210.1371/journal.pone.0316402Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients.Mikkel BondeAlexander BondeHaytham KaafaraniAndreas MillarchMartin Sillesen<h4>Introduction</h4>Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is associated with a high risk of postoperative complications (PoCs) and risk prediction of these is therefore critical for optimal treatment planning. We hypothesize that novel deep learning network approaches through transfer learning may be superior to legacy approaches for PoC risk prediction in the PDAC surgical setting.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from the US National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) 2002-2018 were used, with a total of 5,881,881 million patients, including 31,728 PD patients. Modelling approaches comprised of a model trained on a general surgery patient cohort and then tested on a PD specific cohort (general model), a transfer learning model trained on the general surgery patients with subsequent transfer and retraining on a PD-specific patient cohort (transfer learning model), a model trained and tested exclusively on the PD-specific patient cohort (direct model), and a benchmark random forest model trained on the PD patient cohort (RF model). The models were subsequently compared against the American College of Surgeons (ACS) surgical risk calculator (SRC) in terms of predicting mortality and morbidity risk.<h4>Results</h4>Both the general model and transfer learning model outperformed the RF model in 14 and 16 out of 19 prediction tasks, respectively. Additionally, both models outperformed the direct model on 17 out of the 19 tasks. The transfer learning model also outperformed the general model on 11 out of the 19 prediction tasks. The transfer learning model outperformed the ACS-SRC regarding mortality and all the models outperformed the ACS-SRC regarding the morbidity prediction with the general model achieving the highest Receiver Operator Area Under the Curve (ROC-AUC) of 0.668 compared to the 0.524 of the ACS SRC.<h4>Conclusion</h4>DNNs deployed using a transfer learning approach may be of value for PoC risk prediction in the PD setting.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316402
spellingShingle Mikkel Bonde
Alexander Bonde
Haytham Kaafarani
Andreas Millarch
Martin Sillesen
Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients.
PLoS ONE
title Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients.
title_full Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients.
title_fullStr Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients.
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients.
title_short Assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients.
title_sort assessing the value of deep neural networks for postoperative complication prediction in pancreaticoduodenectomy patients
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316402
work_keys_str_mv AT mikkelbonde assessingthevalueofdeepneuralnetworksforpostoperativecomplicationpredictioninpancreaticoduodenectomypatients
AT alexanderbonde assessingthevalueofdeepneuralnetworksforpostoperativecomplicationpredictioninpancreaticoduodenectomypatients
AT haythamkaafarani assessingthevalueofdeepneuralnetworksforpostoperativecomplicationpredictioninpancreaticoduodenectomypatients
AT andreasmillarch assessingthevalueofdeepneuralnetworksforpostoperativecomplicationpredictioninpancreaticoduodenectomypatients
AT martinsillesen assessingthevalueofdeepneuralnetworksforpostoperativecomplicationpredictioninpancreaticoduodenectomypatients