Complex perirectal sepsis: Clinical classification and imaging

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-93

  Zbar, A P ^a   Armitage, N C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoanal ultrasound; Fistula in ano; Horseshoe fistula; Hydrogen peroxide; Intersphincteric abscess; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perirectal sepsis; Transcutaneous ultrasound; Transperineal ultrasound; Transsphincteric fistula

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; SHU 508;

ALGORITHM; ANUS FISTULA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FISTULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEPSIS;

EID: 33745837437     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-006-0258-1     Document Type: Review

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