Preoperative MR imaging of anal fistulas: Does it really help the surgeon?

Radiology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-84

  Beets Tan, R G H ^a   Beets, G L ^a   Van der Hoop, A G ^a   Kessels, A G H ^a   Vliegen, R F A ^a   Baeten, C G M I ^a   Van Engelshoven, J M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035136887     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.218.1.r01dc0575     Document Type: Article

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