Usefulness of hydrogen peroxide enhancement in diagnosis of anal and ano-vaginal fistulas

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1080-1084

  Sudol Szopiínska, Iwona ^a,b   Jakubowski, Wieslaw ^a   Szczepkowski, Marek ^c   Sarti, Dariusz ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Brodnowski Hospital Warsaw   (Poland)

^c Second Surgical Department Bielany Hospital   (Poland)

^d Department of Proctology Warsaw County Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anal endosonography; Anal fistula

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VAGINA DISEASE;

EID: 0038418770     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1560-6     Document Type: Article

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